Despite the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a red alert on Uthradom, major trading centres in Wayanad such as Sulthan Bathery, Mananthavady, and Kalpetta witnessed a rush of Onam shoppers in the evening, even as the drizzling kept shoppers indoors in the morning.
The district had received only 28.4 mm to 72 mm rainfall.
Huge rush was witnessed in the Onam markets of the Agriculture department and Kudumbashree as prices of commodities were relatively lower there.
