₹300 cr worth turmeric piled up in Erode. Due to the truckers strike for the past seven days the turmeric industry has been affected vehemently and the stock has been piled up with traders and turmeric farmers. Only few bags of good quality along with poor quality turmeric have been brought for sale. The traders are buying only the good quality turmeric said Krishnamurthy a trader. Regarding the price both varieties of turmeric were decreased. The root variety decreased by ₹600 a quintal at the Regulated Marketing Committee and ₹300 at the Erode Turmeric Merchants Association Sales yard. Both varieties were decreased by ₹300 at the Erode Cooperative Marketing Society. Of the arrival of 1,046 bags of turmeric 521 bags were sold.