kolkata the retail markets across the city have geared up for stocking essentials preempting a sudden snapping of the supply chain if the cyclonic storm yaas wreaks havoc in the city in the same way super cyclone amphan had done to it a year agofor the last couple of days the supply line worked overnight to build a reasonable stock in each grocery shop to sustain a couple of days in case of emergency last year after the city was hit by amphan the supply line got affected in some parts of the city with the civic body taking more than 24 hours to clear roads off the uprooted trees said animesh dasgupta a manager with a fmcg distribution network advt the state administration also allowed the supply line to work round the clock we spoke to local police authorities and opened shops just to stock up things as and when the supply came to our doorsteps this will definitely help us to tide over a supply crisis if the cyclone hits us badly said himanshu roy secretary south suburban grocery traders associationpotatoes onions candles eggs bread and biscuits sold like hot cake across city markets and grocery stores on monday as people scrambled to stock up for the next three to four days fearing the cyclone yaas may throw life out of gear markets and grocery stores as well as superstores remained crowded during the permitted hours in the morning online delivery too buzzed throughout the dayfifty four year old akash bhatia a resident of gariahat went to gariahat market to stock up for rice flour biscuits onions potatoes vegetables and fruits for the next one week since the nearby ec market in salt lake was shut luna bhowmick resident of the same block got her vegetable stocks from muchibazarjadu babu bazar teemed with people in the morning there were many who returned home looking at the crowd and then sent retainers to bring the items home i have completed my monthly shopping in advance at other times i would have waited for the month to end but one doesnt know what kind of disruptions we are in for said vineeta agrawal an investment banker and resident of gulmohar apartments at chakraberia lane soumi sinha a pr executive who lives in phoolbagan was slightly late in reaching the market and found that candles had stocked out advt fashion designer sumona koner found stocks of her favourire koi maach over at lansdowne market and had to stay content with magur by jhimli mukherjee pandey krishnendu bandyopadhyay tnn published on may 25 2021 at 1132 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others