ERUMELI: Vendors at Erumeli are planning to make legal moves against the Devaswom as the shops they had obtained through auction at the cost of lakhs of rupees are running into losses. They have not got back even the money they had spent for winning the auction.

The vendors have started feeling the pinch one week since after the beginning of Mandalam-Makaravilakku season.

Merchants had taken shops spending Rs One to Ten lakh as auction price. After Sanidhanam, Erumeli has more number of shops. Devaswom board had auctioned here about 57 stalls for tea shops, season shops and hotels.

Erumeli more or less wears a deserted look in the wake of Sabarimala women entry issue. There are takers for soap, comb and Shambu but mere sale of these items will not suffice if they want to reach break-even.