Pune APMC workers to boycott sacks weighing over 50kg from Nov 1

Workers' unions at Pune's APMC Market Yard will refuse to unload agricultural sacks weighing over 50 kg from November 1, citing spinal, knee and neck ailments among workers. Despite a Bombay High Court order and state circulars banning such sacks, enforcement remains poor, unions allege. The decision was announced at an awareness rally on Tuesday.