Overview
- Retail chicken shops across Telangana shut their doors Wednesday as traders began an open-ended strike and gathered for a protest at Hyderabad’s Dharna Chowk.
- Shop owners say poultry companies cut their per‑kg margin to about Rs 16–17 from roughly Rs 26, and they are now seeking Rs 40 to cover rising rents, wages, power bills and transport.
- Company representatives pushed back, questioning the timing by noting rates changed last August–September and arguing the stoppage will not last long.
- Tension flared at Sneha Chicken Centres in Hyderabad after some outlets stayed open, with protesting retailers chanting outside and tossing empty egg trays in the street.
- Associations warn the action could quickly tighten supplies and lift prices, a serious risk given claims of more than 50,000 retail outlets statewide and heavy daily demand from hotels and households.