Chennai: Considering the water shortage plauging the city of Chennai, an owner of a provision store put up a weird offer for his customers!
The banner outside his shop in Triplicane states that a customer purchasing 1 kg idly/dosa batter can avail one bucket water for free.
CKR Gupta, who runs the 'Idly and Dosa Flour Shop' decided to provide free water to those who buy the batter after considering the water scarcity in Chennai.
Buy 1 Kg Idli batter for free water The banner outside shop stated: 'Purchase 1 kg of idly batter and get one bucket of groundwater free. Bring your own bucket.'
The only additional requirement for the customer is that they need to boil the water before using it.
Many people from nearby residential areas, who have noticed the same, started visiting the shop with pitchers to buy batter.
While some say that the shopkeeper is making a profit by issuing this notification as per the circumstances, the latter claims it to be untrue.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, CKR Gupta, the shop owner said: "I am running this shop from 30 years. Initially, we use to grind the batter from the raw materials provided by customers. Later, we started supplying the batter on our own."
"I have been staying here from the last 50 years, but I have never seen water scarcity of such a magnitude in Chennai. Due to this water shortage, workers were not available at the shop on time," he further added.
Gupta further said that his customers and workers asked him to provide water as they have to stand in a long queue and therefore were not able to reach the shop on time.
People agreed to buy 1 kg flour for Rs 35 and a free bucket of water just to meet their daily basic needs.
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