Ludhiana: To check the spread of Covid-19, the government has imposed multiple restrictions. But one round of the city’s markets shows that the police administration has completely failed in enforcement of Covid norms. There are no checks to ensure people entering shops are wearing masks, using sanitisers or maintaining appropriate distance.
During the first wave of the coronavirus, the police had deployed volunteers at different markets and had also appointed Covid monitors in shops. These volunteers and monitors ensured that the visitors followed norms.
The TOI visited markets in Old City, Sarabha Nagar, Dugri, Ghumar Mandi, Mall Road and Jawahar Nagar and found norms being run over.
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Ludhiana: Cancel your shopping plans for February 26 as thousands of shopkeepers and traders in the city will remain on strike on a call given by the Confederation of All-India Traders (CAIT) to protest complications in the GST laws.
According to the office-bearers of CAIT, support has been pouring in for them from industry and shopkeepers’ associations of markets like Ghumar Mandi, Sabun Bazaar and Kesar Ganj, among others. The shopkeepers will keep their shops closed and businessmen associated with bicycles, furnaces, sewing machines and other sectors will also support the bandh.
Harkesh Mittal, CAIT, Punjab state president, said, “Due to wrong inputs being given by some officials to the Centre on rules and regulations governing GST, this tax system has become a headache for businessmen despite authorities claiming it has become simpler now. There are so many flaws in GST that for even a slightest human error, the consequences for the taxpayers are serious and it can even l