Millions of customers were inconvenienced as neighbourhood retail shops, wholesale trading in clothes, electronics, hardware, metals, cloth, foodgrains, fruits, vegetables and all types of manufacturing activities in Mumbai were shut.

"Over a million retailers have wholeheartedly joined the strike from Tuesday, besides another half a million plus wholesalers and traders in Mumbai, barring certain essentials like pharmacies," Federation of Associations of Maharashtra president Mohan Gurnani told IANS.