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MUMBAI: The government order asking shops selling non-essentials to shut down till April 30 amid the rising Covid-19 cases in the city has upset the entire trader fraternity. Their grouse is that e-commerce, being tagged under the essential category, will be free to deliver even non-essential goods.
Viren Shah, president of the Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association said that they have asked their members to put up a banner outside shops opposing the government move.
“We are also against the government decision to allow online players to deliver non-essential products without any restrictions which will be at the cost of lakhs of wholesale and retail traders. Huge quantities of stock will be lying unsold, but online players will have readymade business for non-essential products. We have asked our local traders to start online delivery by taking orders through WhatsApp if required,” he said