A trading town supplies outward
A meaningful share of the trade is distribution to shops and contractors across Vidarbha rather than counter retail, which needs agreed rates per buyer, credit limits set in advance, and despatch records naming the vehicle and destination.
Cotton and pulses set the calendar
Building follows the trading season rather than spreading evenly, so the stocking decision is taken ahead and cannot be corrected. Movement over the same weeks last year is what it should rest on, and the same report shows what did not move at all.
Long runs across a dry district
Loads leave for towns hours away on hired vehicles to buyers seen occasionally. Vehicle, date, destination and receiver on the challan, held against the party, is what settles a question weeks later without either side relying on memory.