District Collector Vikas Deshmukh yesterday stated that if the traders in the district would continue to participate in the bandh instead of registering themselves for Local Body Tax, the farmers from nearby villages would be invited in the district to sell foodgrains and other essential commodities to the consumers. While addressing media persons the District Collector also said that the stock of the essential commodities would be seized when shopkeepers who would surrender their shop license to the district administration.

Out in numbers: The crowd of three lakh traders in the city yesterday conducted a rally refusing to register for LBT, the last day for which is May 20. Pic/Krunal Gosavi