nashik the jewellers and builders are expecting good business on akshay tritiya on friday one of the auspicious occasions to make purchases akshay tritiya is one of the threeanda half auspicious muhurta apart from dussehra dhanteras and gudi padwa for starting new ventures and taking new decisions it is believed that any business started on this day continues to grow and brings success and prosperity hence launching of business buying property gold and silver and buying vehicles are initiated on this day pramod kulthe president of the nashik jewellers association said akshay tritiya is an auspicious occasion when people buy gold we are expecting good business on friday also gold prices have declined by rs 600 per 10 gram in the past two days hence it is an opportunity for consumers to buy gold on the auspicious occasion people buy gold coins bars and ornaments on akshay tritiya gold prices have declined by 2 in the past five six days from rs 29800 per 10 grams to rs 29200 per 10 grams the district has nearly 5000 small and large jewellery showrooms including 1000 shops in the city the saraf bazar area of the city has around 250 shops the area witnesses traffic jams on every auspicious day the traffic jams are due to encroachments our customers face inconvenience here we want the police department to deploy personnel here at least on the auspicious days to regularise traffic kulthe saidbuilders are also eyeing good bookings of flats on the occasion jayesh thakkar past president of the confederation of real estate developers association of india nashik said there is a festive mood in realty sector due to akshay tritiya people mostly prefer akshay tritiya to book new flat and enter new homes we are expecting booking of over 150 flats in the city on friday