bhopal markets in the city opened but there was hardly any hustlebustle customers were cautious and except for the very urgent or needy ones most stayed awaypeople are not only scared of corona but they dont have money either to indulge in premeditated shopping as soon as the markets open we were also busy in the morning putting our shops in order only a few customers have dropped in so far but we are expecting more people to turn up for shopping by the evening said a garments merchant in new marketnavneet agrawal a jeweller talking about the jewellery market in the chowk said there is a rush in the market but they are the people who have come to claim the jewellery that they had pledged against loan and there are people who have come to seek cash against jewellery as loan but very few people turned up for purchase of jewelleryhe further said that he would prefer to wait for some days before commenting on customers response to the market anyway the rainy season has arrived and for the next threefour months business is likely to be dullgeneral secretary new market vyapari mahasangh ajay devanani said it was a positive start there was no crowding in the market customers and shopkeepers both were observing all the precautions people came to shops in a disciplined manner stayed at a distance from each other bought things which they needed and left it was a good experience we would like to continue in the same fashion he saidtraders and their staff were allowed to open shops only after vaccination for which special camps were organised on wednesday on thursday the traders motivated customers also to get vaccinatedthere was 100 per cent vaccination on wednesday and we got the vaccination of some customers done today a total of 432 people who came to new market were vaccinated on thursday vaccination for customers would continue on friday as well said devanani