C. Radhakrishnan, a resident of Kalai Nagar, who purchases vegetables here at Bama Nagar shandy, said that on the one hand, the produce was fresh and the price was cheap when compared with private retail shops. Antony, a resident of Bama Nagar, said that the farmers put up their shops right in front of the dwellings and the shops. By doing this exercise, he said that the public (or residents or shopkeepers) may not be put to hardships. Ramesh, a CITU member and president of Bama Nagar shandy, said that the public are benefited and the farmers too got fair returns for their goods. A farmer Murugavel at Bama Nagar shandy said that he regularly brought in vegetables fresh from his farm grown in Alagarkoil.