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Taxi owners, drivers in Aurangabad seek deferment of EMIs amid COVID-19 restrictions
We are already facing problems because of the negative impact on our income. We have taken loans to buy our vehicles and banks are demanding its repayment, due to which we are under stress, the Jay Sangharsh Vahan Chalak Sanghatna said
PTI | April 14, 2021 | Updated 10:00 IST
Taxi owners and drivers in Aurangabad have demanded that the EMIs on their vehicle loans be deferred in the wake of strict restrictions enforced in Maharashtra to check the spread of COVID-19.
The Jay Sangharsh Vahan Chalak Sanghatna, an umbrella body of taxi owners and drivers here, in a memorandum to Aurangabad collector on Tuesday said tourist and religious places in the state have been shut in the wake of the pandemic and this has adversely affected their earnings.
Restaurants Association Terms Covid-19 Restrictions By Maharashtra As Painful Slow Death For An Erstwhile Vibrant Industry
by Swarajya Staff - Apr 6, 2021 08:35 AM
Representative image of a bar-cum-restaurant (Photo by Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint via Getty Images)
A day after Maharashtra restricted restaurants and bars to operate for only home deliveries and takeaways till 30 April to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) urged the state government to either allow the industry to operate for normal hours with safeguards and protocols.
If the government cannot allow the industry to operate, NRAI president Anurag Katriar urged the government to suitably compensate its employees, suppliers and landlords for the loss of business, reports