Mangalore has been a business hub in southern Canara since many years for trading of spices, areca nut and other hill products. It had trade link with islands and islets of the subcontinent. The Padnaits engaged and earned their living by cart-pulling and other labor jobs under Moopans (the group leaders) who were having direct contact with ‘Pandikashala’ owners in spice market. The laborers were provided with boarding and lodging called ‘Jaga’ by their Moopans. People from various part of Malabar worked with Moopans of which Moopen Chadchimade Abdulla, Moopen Anjillath Kunhali, Moopan Erambrath Kunhamu, Moopen Chadchimade Mammu, Moopen Biyyathummare Mohammed, Moopen Lainakalillath Pokar, Moopen Kavuntala Abdurahman, Moopen Kavvaikaran Bava,  Moopan Biyyathummade Kunhi Moideen Kutty.   They are nominees of  Dars Committee from Mangalore. Also Erambram  Sulaiman Haji Moopen. from Padne. In addition to that the following names have to mentioned as Merchants, Contractors and sub-contractors. They were G.S. Ghulam Mohammad Haji (Prominant Personality), P. Sulaiman Haji (Deluxe), B.C Ismail Haji (scrap), P. Kunhi Moideen Kutty Haji (Metro), M.K. Abubekker, L.K. Ussan Kutty Haji and Brothers, Thekkeel Abdulla Haji, U. Kunhutty Haji, M.K. Abdul Kader Haji, P. Kunhutty and A.K. Ahmed

The following found their opening in Bangalore. They were U.K. Abdul Kader (Kavunthala), Ganish Abdul Rahman Haji, A.M. Basheer Ahmed, A.M. Mohamed Ali a prominent socio-cultural activist and T.K.C. Kader Haji the founder member of Malabar Muslim Jamaat and Al Ameen Educational Trust.