pune shops selling essentials and vegetables witnessed a threefold increase in footfall as people scrambled to stock up before the 10day total lockdown comes into effect at midnight on mondaypeople are stocking up as they fear that the situation could be like earlier lockdowns when essentials were in short supply and overpriced sachin nivangune president of pune district retail traders association saidramdas jadhav of om vegetables near the pune railway station said people were also buying perishable goods in large quantities since saturday morning my shop has had 4050 customers at any time also since friday retail tomato prices have risen to rs5060kg as against the earlier prices of rs30kg he saidvitthal hanamgar a vendor on nibm road said he ran out of vegetables early in the day saturdays are normally lean days for most vegetable vendors but there was a lot of demand today he said all slots were full on a popular online food grocery portal with several items going out of stock as early as 8am on saturday social distancing went for a toss as citizens thronged grocery stores and petrol pumps while many vegetable vendors saw twice as much footfall than normal sameer ladkat president of petrol dealers association pune told toi that pumps in the city areas recorded a 2530 increase in rush compared to regular days while those outside the city saw a 1520 increase in demand chitra nair district nodal office lpg supplies pune said calls to agencies in the city too increased people wanted to know if the agencies will be open we have been told that the lockdown may not affect lpg cylinder supply though we are waiting for an official communication nair said