Festival Gives Fillip to Traders From U.P.

Twenty-five-year-old small-time businessman Mohammed Wasim from Uttar Pradesh is a relieved man these days as he has been making brisk business for the last few days selling different types of household articles at competitive price.Stroll in the lane at Gurunanak Colony, one can find pedestrians and motorists buying colourful woollen blankets, window curtains, pillow covers, cotton bed sheets, carpets etc displayed in a truck . Even as malls and other shops at the ever-busy markets in One Town, M.

G. Road, Besant Road and Patamata come up with festival offers, scores of people are thronging Gurunanak Colony to purchase household articles .We have been planning to purchase Kashmiri blankets since June.

While going towards Gunadala from Gurunanak Colony, we found blankets displayed in the truck. After checking them thoroughly, we bought two blankets for Rs.450 each.

The quality of products was also good, claimed K. Krishnamurthy, a retired employee from Gunadala.Mr.

Wasim said that products ranging between Rs. 250 and Rs. 450 were being sold from Wednesday.

The response has been overwhelming as festival shoppers are evincing more interest to buy window curtains, carpets and woollen blankets, he said.Mr. Wasim and his cousins hailing from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh invested Rs.

4 lakh and purchased stock from Ludhiana, Jharkhand and Nainital.We will get at least Rs.1 lakh profit after selling the stock.

With this amount, we will return to our native place, Mr. Wasim said.The family earlier did similar business at Hyderabad, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Jharkhand and Kolkata and earned profits.