Wholesale hub shut due to Maha Kumbh, medicine crisis in Prayagraj

Thursday, 20 February 2025
With the influx of devotees for Maha Kumbh, Prayagraj's wholesale medicine market on Leader Road has been unofficially closed, creating a shortage of medicines, including life-saving drugs. Despite multiple pleas from traders, district authorities have not addressed the supply disruption caused by restricted truck access to the market area.

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