ahmedabad in a major relief to amdavadis the supply of groceries and vegetables resumed after an eightday suspension after closing all stores except those selling milk and medicines civic authorities have screened vegetable vendors and staff of groceries and have issued licences to resume operations to about 32000 persons as shops reopened serpentine queues were seen outside stores but there was no chaos all shops selling groceries and vegetables and flour mills drew a heavy rush from early in the morningsome people consciously refrained from venturing out anticipating rush and chaos i dont have enough supply of vegetables but if i have managed without it for eight days two more days wont do any harm said ashish kumar an ambawadi resident there will be a rush and there is no point in waiting for longhowever others who were struggling without supplies rushed early in the morning to buy essentials apart from vegetable shortage we had to deal with a limited supply of food for our pets said rashmi bhatt a resident of nava vadaj we managed through the week but as soon as we got a message that the nearby store had reopened we went to restock supplies i couldnt find any vegetables except onions and potatoesin several parts of the city supply of vegetables especially greens was a concern for instance the stock of vegetables across most major stores in juhapura vejalpur and even satellite was exhausted a couple of hours after shops opened all vegetables were sold out by 10am said shaista shaikh a juhapura resident we waited for another two hours more stock arrived at noonthe owner of a vegetable store in vejalpur said we havent received mint coriander ginger or lemons he went on to say since it was the first day after the suspension of sales we decided to offer the deliveryonly option expecting unprecedented rush in places such as maninagar and bodakdev the supply of fruits was a concernat grocery stores several items were in short supply i stood in the queue for an hour and a half to get bread eggs and other supplies said jayanti sen a resident of satellite the shop ran out of many essentials as people bought double the usual stocksince many vendors did not get licences their stores remained closed on friday the main vegetable market outside maninagar railway station remained shut shopkeepers who did not obtain permission from the amc and reopened their stores faced police action