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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