Residents stock up groceries, medicines

After the Indian attack on nine terrorist outfit camps, fearing retaliation from the other side of the border (Pakistan), residents here were seen stocking necessary grocery products for the next coming days.

Though there is no “panic” buying in the markets, still sales were more than usual days. Monika, a resident of Dandi Swami, said that as a precaution, she had stocked ration for about a month. “You never know when there is an urgency. We should keep the stocks ready. This time we got more to be on the safe side,” she added.

Karan, a college-going student, said that he had specially gone to the Pindi Street to get the medicines for his grandmother and father. “My father’s BP medicine and grandmother’s few medicines for anxiety, sugar, etc. were required, so I bought stocks to last a month. In case of retaliation, we should be having sufficient stock of medicine,” he said.

An attendant at a leading grocery shop near Kailash Chowk, Sanjay, said that as compared to other days more rush was witnessed at the shop today. “But there is no panic, residents just want to be on the safe side,” he said.

Ludhiana