Bookstores across the city are flooded with parents and students with requests for Cass X and XII books under the revamped syllabus. However, Balbharati - the Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbook Production and Curriculum Research - says that the publications would reach the market only by the end of this month.

A worker unloading a truck of newly printed books at a Balbharati depot. SSC and HSC students are still waiting for textbooks of subjects such as English, Marathi, Hindi and Social Sciences to reach bookstores. File pic