IN PHOTOS: Local businesses in Mumbai hit amid West Asia war

From Mumbai traders, importers and exporters to daily wage labourers, mid-day spokes to multiple business owners and association leaders to understand the impact of West Asia war on their businesses. PICS/MRINAL DOSHI

Updated On: 2026-04-05 10:15 AM IST

Compiled by : Tarun Verma

Jagdish Kanojia (right) and his team of loaders, once earning Rs 700–800 a day, now struggle to make ends meet as work dries up. PICS/Mrinal Doshi

The industry players claimed that with exporters struggle to meet delivery timelines, the consignments remain undelivered at a godown in Mumbai due to limited flights and soaring rates that have left shipments stranded

Displays from an imitation jewellery exporter's shop who was unable to deliver his goods to Saudi Arabia amid crisis and high inflation. "What normally costs USD 800 is now costing nearly USD 5,000,” he claimed

Mohammed Ali and his team, who is into the business of plastic packing the consignments claimed that the increase in rates of plastic and packaging raw material, low order, losses and men migrating

Raw materials such as coils and stainless steel sheets pile up in a Palghar godown as a Mumbai-based steel manufacturer claimed that business was experencing a sharp cut down in production

The conflict serves as a stark reminder: in a globalised world, no economy is isolated, and the deepest impacts are often felt by those least equipped to bear them, a business owner suggested

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