India, March 7 -- Trade at the onion-potato wholesale market of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee in Navi Mumbai has been disrupted after Mathadi workers (head-loaders) began enforcing a 50-kg limit on sacks being unloaded at the market yard from March 1, forcing traders to halt fresh consignments and pushing up wholesale prices.

Traders said unloading activities have slowed significantly after workers refused to handle sacks weighing more than the prescribed limit. As trucks carrying produce piled up inside the market yard, traders advised farmers and transporters not to dispatch new consignments until the issue is resolved.

The onion-potato market at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee in Vashi typically receives between...