As traders defied the 4-pm time limit, Laxmi Road, one of the city’s prime shopping destinations, witnessed heavy rush.
Over 200 traders, 4,000 restaurants defy 4-pm rule, stay open till late evening, arguing that restrictions need to lift now.
Despite the state government’s 4-pm diktat, the
traders and restaurant owners are now keeping their businesses openly operational post-deadline. Over 200 traders and 4,000 restaurants continued their businesses until late evening defying government orders this week.
While cops from
Faraskhana police station took action against the traders and shopkeepers on buzzing Laxmi Road, there was no visible action taken against restaurant owners and those belonging to the hospitality industry.
‘Repairs’ carried out across the city have come undone with just a few spells of rain — roads have caved in and huge potholes emerged. Irate committee of expert
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‘This curfew will kill us’
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:00 IST
protest
Amid the alarming exponential rise in COVID-19 cases, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and the district administration had already imposed a curfew between 6 pm and 6 am for the next entire week, inviting outrage from various industries that were already struggling after last year’s lockdown. Now, the state government has once again announced stricter lockdownlike (break the chain) restrictions till the end of month, sparking even louder protests. In an order on Monday evening, the civic body announced that all non-essential shops and services will stay completely shut till the end of the month.
Body of city traders moots closing down shops at 7 pm
Body of city traders moots closing down shops at 7 pm
ByVijay ChavanVijay Chavan / Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 06:00 IST
Federation of Trade Association of Pune appeals to members to wrap up
business hour before PMC deadline, claiming this will prevent infection spread and possible
lockdown
As a lockdown-like situation looms large over the city, various unions and organisations attached with several trades and services have demanded to extend the 8 pm deadline of the business hours. But Federation of Trade Association of Pune (FTAP), the largest association of
traders in the city, has appealed to its members to close their