Farmers Movement Archive

New guidelines to check Covid spread keep traders on toes

Largely abiding by the new guidelines of the administration, various markets and shops opened as per the new formula planned to keep a check on the spread of Covid-19.District reports 204 fresh +ve casesJalandhar: With 204 fresh Covid cases, the district count reached 5,456 on Monday. With five more deceased, the death toll also reached 138. Those tested positive include patients from Nurmahal, Ghah Mandi, Model Town, Ganna Pind, Partabpura, Jandiala, Samrai, Bharago Camp, Urban Estate, JP Nagar, Adarsh Nagar, Talwandi Madho, Talwan, Saghwal, Raj Nagar and PAP among other areas. It being Monday, the entire book market in Jalandhar near Mai Hiran Gate and the books, stationery and photograph shops elsewhere in the city remained closed. The furniture market on Nakodar Road, shops selling bags and suitcases, jewellery shops, tailor shops, cosmetics, general stores and gift shops, dyers and dry cleaners, too, largely followed the orders. All these shops would be allowed to open tomorrow.A mobile shop owner, who was allowed to open the shop today, said: “We will definitely have to follow the orders, as the administration has threatened us with Rs30,000 penalty if we fail to follow the roster. The penalty amount is huge and we cannot take any risk. We can only open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.” Amit Sehgal, president of the Phagwara Gate Market, dealing in electrical goods, said: “We will have to follow the guidelines of the government. I have circulated the roster to all shopkeepers asking them to follow the Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule.”Shops/malls dealing in essential commodities, religious places, sports complexes, stadiums and public complexes, restaurants, hotels, liquor vends, petrol pumps, sweet shops, bakeries, juice bar, ice-cream shops, meat and poultry, fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy shops, medical stores, grocery shops, photostat shops, auto garages and spare parts, car/scooter repair and puncture shops, all app-based cabs and optical works shops remained open today as they have been allowed to operate daily.

The Tribune

2020-08-25

Jalandhar