People step out to buy essentials in Dharavi on Tuesday. Pic/Ashish Raje

A civic official said that the instructions on the demarcation of zones as per colours will come from higher authorities. Grocery store timings will also be revised as per this in the zones. While stores in the red zones will be shut, in the other zones they will function on alternate days from morning to afternoon so that there is no crowding. Currently, some wards have odd and even dates when they keep grocery stores open. After the instructions there won't be confusion over this, the official said.

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Officials also revealed that temporary vegetable vendors are less likely to come up in your vicinity, as ward officers, who have been given discretionary powers for this, might not agree to it.

No temporary vending zones
As there won't be temporary vending zones and there are no plans to restart closed markets, the shortage of vegetables will still continue. The instructions by the municipal commissioner to set up temporary vegetable vending areas state that vendors must be at least two feet apart while and the customers must be at least three and a half feet away. These temporary vegetable centres were to be opened to spread out crowds. But ward officers are not keen on the temporary vending zones. They prefer continuing with the current arrangement. A ward officer said, "As it was noticed that citizens kept coming outdoors with a reason to shop for essentials such as vegetables, we had shut markets. We will continue this as we want to arrest the rise of cases and want social distancing to be followed."

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