BHOPAL: The Mandis across the state witnessed no business on Thursday also, although the Mandis did open. Traders could not do any business as they had no money. The money given in cash by these traders to the farmers was also returned by the latter to the traders. The farmers maintains that the money which they got last week was in the form of notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 and nobody is accepting them in the market. These farmers are also pressing traders to take their notes back which is also leading to tense situations.
Traders and farmers had hot talks on this issue at Bhopal Mandi. Ujjain Mandi witnessed duels. The traders in Mandi maintain that the situation will continue till they start getting cash from banks in notes of high denomination. Farmers are coming to the Mandis with Soyabean and cotton crops in large numbers.