Among the several industries hit by the lockdown are chikoo orchards in Dahanu. Chikoo farm owners, who were already struggling due to erratic rainfall for the past four years, said tonnes of produce is rotting amid no labour to pluck and transport them.

Chikoo is highly perishable and needs to reach consumers within 36 hours. But there is no transport available. Transporting the fruit ourselves is not an option as police are deployed at district and state borders. One truck can carry nine tonnes of produce. If police detain it, the fruit will perish," said Ronnie Irani, a chikoo farm owner from Dahanu.