Surat: 183 barber, paan shops forced to shut

SURAT: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Wednesday shut 183 shops including barber salons and paan kiosks for not following social distancing rules.
"In the lockdown relaxation, we have seen people crowding at paan shops. On Wednesday, our teams surveyed around 2,124 shops which included paan and barber shops and shut 183 found flouting rules,'' Banchhanidhi Pani, municipal commisisoner, Surat, said.
Surat city recorded 34 more Covid-19 cases on Wednesday while two patients succumbed. A 75-year-old woman Behrunisha Pathan, a resident of Limbayat zone, and 95-year-old Mahesh Rana of Man Darwaja, died. Both were suffering from blood pressure and other co-morbiditiets.
The civic chief said that there are 54 clusters in the city and the process of restructuring it was on. "If a cluster does not report a single Covid-19 case for 28 days, we change its status. The restructuring of the clusters is in final stage,'' he added.