hyderabad as independence day celebration are espected to be muted this year due to the covid19 pandemic khadi bhandar outlets that are usually busy selling national flags badges caps and other decoration material are wearing a deserted look earlier several stationeries and book shops along with schools colleges and offices used to buy these materials from the khadi bhandars but lack of transportation has resulted in the sales dipping by 60 this year educational institutions are yet to open employees of private organisations are working from home and most of the business establishments have shut shop due to poor turnout thats why there is a poor sale of flags this year said hanumantha rao owner of the khadi bhandar showroom at nampallyeven the government has decided to keep the celebrations lowkey this year as they have to adhere to pandemic norms during the flag hoisting ceremoniesthe khadi outlets which procure national flags from hubli and nanded did not place bulk orders keeping in view the pandemic we could not place indents for national flags usually we place an order for 30 to 50 tricolour flags in different sizes as per the specifications of the bureau of indian standards said another showroom owner in lakdikapul there are two such outlets at the gandhi bhavan its a double whammy for us this year the sales which are already low due to covid are now hit hard by incessant rains said incharge at the gandhi bhavan outletthe outlets are expecting the loss to be between rs 10 lakh and rs 30 lakh