Rail services on Thursday and Saturday will be drastically reduced, with only around a fifth running, and half of lines closed
Supply of essential commodity was partly disrupted in most of mandis across the country on Monday due to transporters' nationwide indefinite strike in protest of a sharp increase in diesel price and insurance premiums.Data compiled by the National Horticultural Research & Development Foundation (NHRDF) showed onion supply in the benchmark Lasalgaon mandi at 1400 tonnes on Monday compared to 1717 tonnes on Friday. Similarly, onion supply in Pimpalgaon mandi also declined to 1980 tonnes on Monday from 2510.5 tonnes on Friday.The decline in onion supply has resulted into an increase in its prices in both Lasalgaon and Pimpalgaon mandis. Model onion prices jumped by 55 per cent on Monday to trade at Rs 8.50 a kg on Monday in Asia's largest onion selling market yard in Lasalgaon compared to Rs 5.50 a kg on Friday. Similarly, model onion prices surged, albeit marginally, in Pimpalgaon to close at Rs 9 a kg on Monday versus Rs 8.40 a kg on Friday."Onion supply was disrupted on Monday on .