Commodity arrivals surge ahead of week-long shutdown at APMC Vashi

While arrivals of vegetables remained resilient with a fewer number of trucks enter into evening also, the biggest surge was seen in fruit supply.

Farmers boosted the supply of agricultural commodities ahead of a week-long planned shutdown of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Vashi, which feeds 20 million consumers across Mumbai and millions of others in suburbs and elsewhere in Maharashtra.

Data compiled by the APMC Vashi showed total arrivals of agricultural commodities jumped by 15 per cent to 617 vehicles of an average of nine tonnes each on Saturday, compared with 538 vehicles of nine tonnes each on Friday. As a number of other vehicles have already got registered with the mandi for the supply of commodities on Saturday, total arrivals are bound