Demand for bubble tops spikes after curfew call in Chennai – Times of India

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CHENNAI: Demand for bubble top water cans shot up over the past two days in the city as residents sought to stock up on drinking water in a panic owing to the janta curfew. Retail shops ran low or out of stock after supplying over 20,000 extra bubble top units.
A member of the Greater Chennai Packaged Drinking Water Manufacturers Association said the sudden spike in demand started from Friday, after the Union government announced the janata curfew for Sunday.
Nearly two lakh bubble top units are supplied across the city every day. Nearly 20,000 more such cans had to be supplied due to the increased demand, said the member.
A retail shop owner in Tiruvanmiyur said the demand for hand wash liquids, disinfecting liquid and bubble top cans went up manifold in the past three days. “Hand sanitizers and hand wash liquids are not available. Though I received stock of bubble top cans, even non-branded ones cost up to 60,” he said. It will be a couple of days before fresh stock arrives and supply resumes as packaged drinking water units were closed on Sunday, he added.
Some packaged drinking water units in the city’s outskirts and neighbouring districts were sealed after they were found to be flouting guidelines. The Madras high court had directed the state government to penalise the units and permit them to operate. The units should be regularized by issuing licence, suggested another member of the association who did not want his name revealed.
“With temperature rising steadily and hotter days ahead, demand for drinking water will go up considerably in the city and surrounding districts. So the government should take a positive decision with regard to the sealed units. Only then can bubble top demands be met,” he added.

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