All retail and trading establishments will now be allowed to operate at full capacity between 10 am and 8 pm from Monday
The government of Delhi, in line with its stated objective, has furthered the scope of unlocking from next week.
All retail and trading establishments will now be allowed to operate at full capacity between 10 am and 8 pm from Monday. However, restaurants will be operating at 50 percent capacity, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced.
According to its plan to gradually ramp up economic activities in Delhi, last week the government had allowed physical stores to operate on alternate days. Restaurants, however, were permitted to only deliver at doorsteps. Other establishments like multiplexes and theatres, spas, gyms, sports complexes, public parks, and educational institutions will continue to remain shut like earlier, Kejriwal said.
The move is expected to bring back normalcy in Delhi’s trading and retailing hubs, which were shut nearly two months ago following stringent lockdown in the wake of the surging second wave of the pandemic in mid-April. The announcement brought some hope back among business operators in the city. From Khan Market in Lutyens’ Delhi to the old city trading hub in Chandni Chowk and sprawling shopping malls, most said it would accelerate recovery in the business.
At the century-old trading hub in Chandni Chowk, during last week only a handful of buyers had turned up and sales remained less than 25 percent of the normal. However, the opening of all business establishments may grow their business to 50 percent, estimated Bharat Ahuja, president of the local traders’ associations.
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