SIVAKASI WEATHER
Demand for Ice apple and Tender Coconuts

08-06-2012
8th June 2012

- Pavala Rajesh Kumar Jeyabalan

Demand for Ice apple and Tender Coconuts

Padhaneer and Tender coconut water has turned Sivakasi town-s favourite drink during summer season. The hottest days of the summer is the season for Pana Nungu (Ice Apple) and watermelon. The best remedy to keep out bodies heat is to drink Padhaneer, tender coconuts and buttermilks with salt. For last two months, the most common sights in Sivakasi town is, motorcycles and cars parked in front of Nungu and tender coconuts outlets and tasted the natural nutrition to beat the heat of the summer. In Sivakasi, Tender coconuts price ranges between Rs.23 to Rs.27. Watermelon priced Rs.5- per piece. Price of one Pana Nungu is Rs.4 and some vendors sell 13 nungus for Rs.40-. Plain Padhaneer priced Rs.10 and Nungu Padhaneer is Rs.15-. Sugarcane juice Rs.10-. Most of these vendors (Nungu, watermelon and coconuts) loads get exhausted even before afternoon. Sivakasians prefer tender coconuts and Padhaneer as a healthy refresher in the hot season of Summer instead of other soft drinks. Always, there remains demand for these natural nutrition during summer season, in Sivakasi.



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