‘Allow shops to open till 8 pm’ : Chandigarh traders

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 6

Seeking relief for traders of the city in view of the improved Covid situation, the Chandigarh Beopar Mandal has sent a memorandum to the Administrator and Adviser demanding restoration of routine shopping hours from 10 am to 8 pm in the markets.

Charanjiv Singh, president, CBM, said: “As Covid cases have substantially decreased, shops should be allowed to open till 8 pm.”

Diwaker Sahoonja, patron-cum-Chief spokesperson for the CBM, while supporting all anti-Covid measures, said he was hopeful that the traders and their staff would be vaccinated on a priority basis and some kind of special relief packages and financial assistance would be announced by the government.