People resort to panic buying before lockdown starts, at Unit-1 market on Monday
BHUBANESWAR/SAMBALPUR: It was a mad rush of people in the markets of twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and western Odisha’s biggest town Sambalpur on Monday as people scrambled to buy essentials and much more ahead of the 14-day lockdown starting Wednesday, which aims to break the chain of transmission.
Markets, especially vegetables, grocery, chicken and meat shops witnessed unprecedented crowd, throwing caution to the wind. By the looks of it one felt these shops won’t open again or they may not get a chance to buy at all. The shopowners were also busy in transactions, forgetting the need to maintain Covid protocol. This despite the fact that shopowners had been categorically told that they could be penalised if norms were violated.