Despite relaxations provided during the lockdown by the Central and State governments, the cultivators and traders of various fruits cultivated in Nainital district are suffering losses. Generally, the summers are the time when large quantities of various fruits cultivated in the mountainous regions including apricots, peaches, plums and others are sold in the markets. Cultivators of fruits in Ramgarh, Mukteshwar and other places comprising the fruit belt of Nainital and bearing the brunt of the situation. Every summer during May-June peaches, apricot, plums and kafal worth lakhs of rupees are transported from the Bhawali fruit market to Delhi, Mumbai and other parts of the nation. In addition to this, the tourists who throng to this region during the summer also purchase considerable quantities of these fruits cultivated in the mountainous regions. This enables the cultivators and associated vendors to earn enough to last them the whole year. However, this time, the cultivators and vendors are facing major problems as they are neither being offered adequate rates nor finding customers for their produce. Buyers of fruits from other states have been unable to reach here due to which both the cultivators and sellers are concerned about the possibility of the fruits spoiling in the shops for want of buyers. Meanwhile, those who supply fruits from Nainital to markets in other states informed that due to supply problems, they are purchasing lesser quantities of fruits from the cultivators.