There’s fresh trouble for Reliance Retail as 4 stores are vandalized in Bhubaneshwar. Fresh violence. The traders and vegetable vendors targeted other Reliance stores in Bhubaneshwar. About 300 people entered, smashed glass panes and tried to attack the staff. That’s because they fear organised retail will affect their business. “We want to drive out Reliance Fresh from Orissa. We request the government to take action against Reliance because it will affect us. 70,000 to 80,000 small vendors will lose their livelihood,” said Gayadhar Swain, General Sectary, Bhubaneswar Traders Union Shutters down and retail under security. That’s Swain’s idea of making a point. And the government will do its bit too. “We will certainly look in to the matter ” said
Does that mean Reliance Fresh will have to look elsewhere to expand? It all depends on whether fresh violence erupts.
