date:Jul 12, 2016
hour strike at APMC-run markets on July 4 severely hit the supply of vegetables and fruits in the Mumbai metropolitan region. The state-wide strike sent prices spiralling upwards due to shortfall of stock, resulting in retailers making a killing.
Vegetables went off stores after the July 4 strike. Even supermarkets were running short of stock. Potatoes were being sold at Rs 32 per kg. The situation will be worse if the strike is indefinite this time, said a homemaker, Vinita Patil.
Retailers a