Mumbai: The Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), on Friday, decided to shut down the five markets across Mumbai from 1 May to 17 May after a meeting between the APMC top management and the state government on Friday.
APMC director Nilesh Veera said that 15,000-20,000 people working at APMCs will be tested for covid-19 in the next 7 days. "Five facilities of Mumbai APMC to be shut from 11 to 17 May.
A meeting was held about this on 8 May. Sanitization and cleaning of the premises of the APMC shall be done with the assistance of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation," said an official statement by APMC, Mumbai on Friday evening.