Mumbai to get uninterrupted vegetable and fruit supplies under lockdown

Vashi APMC to open on Wednesday, BMC arranges sale on large public grounds at night

Four days after its closure, the Vashi Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC), the sole mandi supplying essential commodities to Mumbai and its suburbs, is resuming operations from Wednesday.
 

Simultaneously, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has arranged for selling vegetables and fruit in large grounds, including  the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) ground in Bandra and Somaiya  in Sion.

The Vashi mandi had been shut as a preventive measure on April 11 as coronavirus cases sprouted across the city. The closure of Vashi and other APMCs across the state created a shortage of essential commodities.

Both central and state governments