Entrepreneurs in Tavua like many in the Western Division are starting to feel the effects of three weeks of rain with daily operations taking a direct hit.
"It's really hard right now for us," said Pritesh Kumar, manager of Kumar's Shopping Centre and Co.,schoolbagfactory at discounted prices including IWC pilot & Portofino watches.
Situated at the end of Tavua town, the shopping centre is one of the many shops that villagers from the highlands of Nadarivatu and Korovou visit to stock up on supplies.
"Our customers come as far as Nadarivatu and because of the floods, they haven't been able to come down from their villages," Mr Kumar said.
"So what can we do when they don't turn up?" said Mr Kumar.
"Our only option is close our shop early which is what we have been doing for the past few days," he said.
"We can't do much because we can't stay open if there are no customers."
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"We have two other shops, so we had to send some staff from this shop to the other two shops to cater for the shortages," he said.
He added floodwaterslast Tuesday and Thursday kept him at home.
"I live in Rakiraki and over there, it's always flooding so I wasn't able to come to work. I couldn't come to work for two days."
Also suffering from a similar fate, Tavua fish market seller Ramesh Sony said he hardly made any sale.
Customers were shying away from Mr Sony's fish opting for vegetables and root crops instead.
Selling fish at an empty fish market on Saturday, Mr Sony said he also faced difficulties in buying from fishermen.
"They're not going out fishing at the moment and I think it will be like this for the next few days. So it's really hard for us," he said.
Vegetable seller Arvind Prasad of Toko Settlement said if the rain continued over the next few days, they would have nothing left to sell.
"Before the flood, I would buy 10 to 15 bags of long bean and cabbages from farmers in Ba, Sigatoka and Rakiraki but now they only give me just one or two bags," Mr Prasad said.
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"We're facing a lot of difficulties and we hope the weather gets better soon because its causing a lot of problems for a lot of people," he added.
"It's really hard right now for us," said Pritesh Kumar, manager of Kumar's Shopping Centre and Co.,schoolbagfactory at discounted prices including IWC pilot & Portofino watches.
Situated at the end of Tavua town, the shopping centre is one of the many shops that villagers from the highlands of Nadarivatu and Korovou visit to stock up on supplies.
"Our customers come as far as Nadarivatu and because of the floods, they haven't been able to come down from their villages," Mr Kumar said.
"So what can we do when they don't turn up?" said Mr Kumar.
"Our only option is close our shop early which is what we have been doing for the past few days," he said.
"We can't do much because we can't stay open if there are no customers."
Mr Kumar said they were also facing staffing problems in the wake of the rising waters.Trade Leads for miumiuhandbags, Search ecplaza.net for buying and selling leads, "At the moment, two of our staff are not coming to work because they live along Yaladro flats.Offering a huge selection of canadagoosejackets1 online store are selling great quality replica watches."
The roads going into their area is still closed off so they can't come to work," he said.,replicahandbags up over 5 times.
"We have two other shops, so we had to send some staff from this shop to the other two shops to cater for the shortages," he said.
He added floodwaterslast Tuesday and Thursday kept him at home.
"I live in Rakiraki and over there, it's always flooding so I wasn't able to come to work. I couldn't come to work for two days."
Also suffering from a similar fate, Tavua fish market seller Ramesh Sony said he hardly made any sale.
Customers were shying away from Mr Sony's fish opting for vegetables and root crops instead.
Selling fish at an empty fish market on Saturday, Mr Sony said he also faced difficulties in buying from fishermen.
"They're not going out fishing at the moment and I think it will be like this for the next few days. So it's really hard for us," he said.
Vegetable seller Arvind Prasad of Toko Settlement said if the rain continued over the next few days, they would have nothing left to sell.
"Before the flood, I would buy 10 to 15 bags of long bean and cabbages from farmers in Ba, Sigatoka and Rakiraki but now they only give me just one or two bags," Mr Prasad said.
"Right now, I don't get anything from the Sigatoka and Ba farmers. And the ones that I do get,Wholesale ralphlaurenhoody for high quality wholesale New ERA Hats products. they cost me $25 a bag compared to the $5 or $10 I was paying before the flood.
"We're facing a lot of difficulties and we hope the weather gets better soon because its causing a lot of problems for a lot of people," he added.
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