5,000 Wheat-Laden Trucks Stuck Due To Export Ban: Madhya Pradesh Traders
NDTV
Wheat export ban: The outfit said large consignments of wheat were transported from the state through these trucks to ports for export.
Criticizing the Centre's decision to ban export of wheat, an outfit representing agriculture-based businesses said on Monday that about 5,000 trucks laden with the commodity and sent by Madhya Pradesh traders for overseas shipments are stuck at two major ports of the country due to the move.
The organisation - Madhya Pradesh Sakal Anaj Dalhan Tilhan Vyapari Mahasangh Samiti - a federation of wheat, pulses and oilseeds traders, announced to close their business in 270 agricultural produce markets of the state on Tuesday and Wednesday in protest against the ban on wheat export.
The outfit, which has demanded lifting of the ban, said large consignments of wheat were transported from the state through these trucks to ports for export.
"Due to the sudden ban on wheat export by the central government, about 5,000 trucks loaded with the grain, sent by the state's traders, are standing at Kandla (Gujarat) and Mumbai ports," Gopaldas Agrawal, Mahasangh president, told PTI.
