The sealing of borders between districts and states during the lockdown, has stopped the supply of livestock, causing meat sellers across the city to shut shop. Over a thousand workers at the Deonar abattoir are jobless.

Sulaiman Shaikh, 39, an abattoir worker, earned around Rs 10,000 per month. However, in the past two months, he has made nothing. "I earned enough for my family. But now I can't afford anything. We got rice and wheat on the ration card, but 1 kg daal is for Rs 60 and this month, they ran out of it," he said.