Footfall was comparatively less at Ghazipur wholesale flower market on Diwali.<br /><br />"This year sales are down. The price of flowers has increased this time in view of overall inflation. Hence customers are not buying much," said Tinku, a flower seller.<br /><br />“Over the past year the festival is celebrated by not many people due to Covid-19 and many people lost the lives of their family members. There was a time when the market used to be flooded with people but we don’t have customers to buy the flowers this time,” said another flower seller
