16/03/2023
BHUBANESHWAR : The supply of essential commodities, vegetables, fuel and gas was badly hit across Odisha for the second consecutive day on Thursday due to an indefinite strike by Drivers' Ekata Mahamanch, a federation of around five lakh drivers.
According to Odisha Byabasayee Mahasangha, more than 400 truckloads of perishable food items, including vegetables, fish and eggs are stranded at different locations as their drivers have joined the protest.
Shortage of fuels in the filling station and long que of vehicles have found across the state.
Several vegetable mandis including Chhatra Bazar in Cuttack, the biggest vegetable and fruit wholesale market of the state, have gone out of fresh vegetables and fruits due to the non-arrival of commodities.
The Unit I market in Bhubaneswar that caters to the demands of the state capital is also staring at a shortage of vegetables.