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Maharashtra faces an acute labour shortage as industry re-opens

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The state allowed a partial lifting of lockdown restrictions from Monday, paving the way for resumption of farming and agri-related activities, road transport, e-commerce and home delivery services and inter-state movement of goods Mumbai: As the engines of commerce begin to turn again in Maharashtra, the state is finding that the supply of affordable labour has become a problem.

From unloading cargo at the state’s port terminals, filling ATMs with cash or kirana stores staying open without their shop assistants, the return to normalcy is likely to take longer than expected. “The port industry has been active through the lockdown because it was an essential service," Dhruv Kotak, MD of Mumbai-based logistics firm JM Baxi, told Mint.

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