4. Write in detail – How the present situation of the lockdown would affect
the different sections of the society- farmers, daily wagers like vegetable
seller, business class, people working on contractual basis and students..
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Delhi|Mumbai|Bengaluru|Kolkata|Hyderabad: On the very first day after administrations and security personnel around the country doubled down on keeping streets crowd-free, arbitrary police and district authority action and lack of staff created huge supply disruptions for consumers and even businesses deemed essential.
And it may get worse, unless clear directions are sent down to police and district authorities on the ground. ET reporters spoke to businesses and consumers across major metro cities to capture what is already looking like a major crisis.
The problem of availability of essential goods across offline and online channels is getting worse, according to consecutive surveys conducted by community platform LocalCircles. The data shows that percentage of customers unable to buy essential goods through ecommerce services between March 20 and March 22 was 35%, and it shot up to 79% in the March 23-24 period. And 17% of customers were unable to buy essential goods at retail stores on March 20-22, and 32% on March 23-24.
Grofers CEO Albinder Dhindsa said in a tweet on Tuesday: “Our @grofers warehouse in Faridabad was closed by local law enforcement today. While we understand they are doing their duty, essential items will be denied to 20,000+ households in Faridabad and Delhi every day. We need help in sorting this out.”
A senior executive of a leading ecommerce firm said, “The only thing that can save us from a complete shutdown is a directive from the Prime Minister. We’ve tried everything from reaching out to all state secretaries, Director Generals of Police in states, but things don’t seem to be looking up.”
Vegetables, the key staple for Indians after grains and pulses, were in short supply at many retail outlets across cities. And many wholesale vegetable traders in key markets plan to stop operations for a few days from Wednesday even though mandis may remain formally open.
Traders say local authorities have held long discussions with them, and supplies are certainly slowing down. Retail traders who go to the mandis will face labour shortage and sharp fall in market arrivals of vegetables. This will likely worsen today’s situation when police in many places shut down vegetable vendors to prevent any gathering of too many people.
Fish and meat processes have already been hit. Secretary of Howrah fish market in Bengal Syed Anwar Maqsood said loading of fish from Andhra Pradesh has completely stopped. “Scarcity is being felt in the market and from Wednesday fish prices will go up by 10-20%,” he said.
Poultry Production Hit, Warehouses Of Ecommerce Companies Shut
“If the state borders are sealed then fish arrival will stop completely. We will have to close down the market,” Maqsood said.
In Kerala, there is a shortage of popular fish varieties like sardine and mackerel. Many fishing boats are idling.
Poultry production had halved in the past month to 40 million birds. Now poultry feed is not available, so production can fall further. Only big companies are processing poultry.iThe local governments that are not allowing transportation of poultry are the weakest link , says industry. Rajasthan — the major producer of mutton — isn’t sending any supplies. Prices in metros have increased from Rs 400-500 per kg to over Rs 700 now.
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