Maharashtra bandh enforced in Pune, Nashik

PUNE: Public transportation in Pune was hit in the morning hours of Monday and all shops and commercial establishments in the heart of the city remained closed because of the bandh called by MVA partners.
In Vidarbha, response to the bandh call was mixed in urban areas and strong in rural areas, while in Nashik all 18 mandis were shut, and the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP blocked movement of traffic along the Pune-Bengaluru national highway at several spots.
In parts of Pune, though shop-owners had opened outlets in the morning, they downed shutters after bandh supporters arrived at the spot and demanded a shutdown.
All 18 mandis across Nashik district, including the country’s largest onion mandi at Lasalgaon, remained shut. Daily average transactions at these mandis are to the tune of Rs 40 crore. In some districts of Vidarbha, shopkeepers in urban areas, still reeling from the fallout of the pandemic, carried on their business. Sena was clearly seen taking the lead in enforcing the bandh.