Manama Central Market gets air conditioned

Air conditioners installed inside the Central Market in Manama offer special blessings to vendors as well as consumers alike. Air conditioners have been a long time demand from the part of vendors here. And now the cooling system will boost the massive fruit and veggie shopping extravaganza during the Ramadan season, they said. The shoppers were facing a lot of problems because of the scorching heat in the summer season beneath the Central Market roof. They said it has been an excessively hot year and the heat was affecting their business and during summer weather with high temperatures and high humidity the fruits get decayed easily. Meanwhile, the vendors said the outbreak of Nipah virus in the Indian state of Kerala has not affected fruit business in the central market. “We deal with imports of fruits mainly from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia.” The UAE and Bahraini governments earlier urged their citizens in Kerala and elsewhere in south India to exercise caution following a deadly Nipah virus outbreak that has killed at least 10 people. On Twitter, the Bahraini consulate in Mumbai urged citizens “to be cautious” till the situation is under control”, while the UAE consulate in Kerala advised Emirati nationals to take precautions and follow the instructions of Indian authorities. It also gave contact numbers for UAE citizens to call in the event of emergencies.