nagpur pan shop owners twoday strike against the ban imposed on sale of gutkha and other chewing tobacco products received good response across the city on its first day on thursday pan shops will remain closed on friday too informed dinesh mankar the president of nagpur shaher pan thela association are on a twoday strike against the ban imposed on gutkha and other chewing tobacco products on august 22 and 23 the first day of the strike evoked a good response said dinesh mankar the president of nagpur shaher pan thela association mankar said the city has more than 8000 pan shops which would remain closed during the stir the twoday strike is expected to have an impact on some way or the other the association also submitted a memorandum of demands to deputy chief minister ajit pawar and civil supplies minister anil deshmukh the shopkeepers have been hit hard due to the ban the government should consider the fact that running a pan shop is a means of employment for scores of unskilled persons said the association members