Several of the goats stuck on the Gujarat-Maharashtra border while waiting for hours in trucks, have died, apparently of starvation and exhaustion. Truckloads of goats, buffaloes and chicken collectively worth Rs 10 crore were stranded at the border from Monday as the Maharashtra government has permitted only online sale of livestock ahead of Bakr Eid.

After the deaths, a few traders turned their vehicles around and sold their goats at Modasa in Gujarat, while others rerouted themselves to enter Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane via internal roads. Still, some of them were stopped ahead of reaching Igatpuri toll naka.