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Bhubaneswar, Oct 7: Vegetable markets in the city are feeling the pinch of the transporters’ strike which was called off after five days Monday. Reports suggest 300 truckloads of potato are rotting at Jamsola the key entry to the city. The trucks were stranded near the northern entry.
Sudhakar Panda, the secretary of Orissa Byabasayee Maha Sangam, told Orissa POST that wholesalers were unable to find buyers even when they were willing “to sell these vegetables at a rate of `2 a kilo”.
Meanwhile, the food safety department is on an alert as hotels in the city are likely to buy such potatoes, posing a health hazard.
“We have directed food inspectors to conduct regular inspections at the market and hotels to maintain food safety standards,” Babaji Charan Das, the commissioner of food safety, said.
