Traders in Jodhpur having shops in curfew zones worried about stock

JODHPUR: Marwar Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the district administration to allow businessmen and traders having shops in areas under curfew to visit their establishments and take stock of the condition of material and goods.
President of the chamber Prasann Chand Mehta said all the traders and businessmen diligently complied with the lockdown protocol keeping their shops shut and restricting themselves within their homes. “Though, those who do not have their shops in curfew zones or containment areas, have started visiting their shops in lockdown 3.0 as per the relaxation terms, but those having their shops in curfew zones and containment areas are not able to visit their shops due to prohibition,” Mehta said.
He said these traders are concerned about the condition of the goods in their shops, which include grocery and garment or cloth, which is prone to decay, if left unattended for long.
“Being unattended for such a long period, the grocery shop owners are worried about their stock turning stale and attacked by pests, while the cloth or garment shop owners are worried about getting their stock damaged by rodents,” he said while citing some other threats.
In such conditions, if they are not allowed to take care of the goods in their shops, they might sustain irreparable loss and would be forced to dispose of the material as waste, which would be an addition to the losses they have already suffered due to lockdown.
Besides this, these traders could not collect important documents and even cash from their shops due to the abrupt lockdown.
“If they are allowed once, they would at least be able to collect what they required from their shops, for further planning post lockdown,” Mehta said.
A delegation of chamber met the district magistrate on Saturday apprising him of their concerns and demanded relaxation for them in curfew areas.