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Bareilly IT market loses Rs 5 core during curfew

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BAREILLY: As the situation is coming back to normal with relaxation in curfew in Bareilly, one of UP's premier IT markets, the computer dealers are feeling uneasy due to backlog and change in the purchasing pattern that seems to have come about.

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Speaking about the situation, Gautam Saxena, President, Bareilly Computer Dealers Welfare Association (BCDWA) said that the PC dealers in the city have a backlog of 20 days. “There is a concern of survival among the small dealers and resellers,” he added.

“We convened an association meet on March 16 to discuss the condition. Now, we will be meeting with the local administration to chalk out the strategy for the revival of the PC market in Bareilly,” Saxena added. The association is also planning to organize a mass awareness rally in order to send a positive signal in the city.

According to him, there are 70 dealers in Bareilly who collectively have incurred a loss of around Rs 5 crore during the curfew. The curfew was imposed in trouble-hit areas of the city where two communities clashed with each other and indulged in arson following dispute over their respective religious processions.

The Bareilly IT market earns nearly Rs 75 crore in revenue annually with a major presence of Ingram, Redington and HCL. According to local sources in the city's IT market, Compaq is one of the leading brands.

Education and government are the driving sectors in the sales of computers and peripherals. About 25 percent of the association's members are in services market.

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