YAD joins gym owners’ protest

Ludhiana: Various gym owners staged a protest at Shivpuri Chowk on Tuesday with the support of Youth Akali Dal. The gym owners demanded that the government should allow gyms to open on the lines of liquor vends. The members claimed that the government became worried about its revenue in two months of lockdown but it did not think about gym owners.
YAD district president Gurdeep Gosha said the government had opened everything except gym and health club. In the present situation, gym owners are forced to sell their medals and other assets to run their households.
He said for the last 80 days, gyms have remained closed, following which they are not able to pay rent, salaries and other expenses. Even the children of gym owners are requesting the government for helping them as they are unable to pay electricity bills, school fee and purchase other necessary items.
The government should announce special package for gym owners and also allow these to open with conditions of maintaining safety, said Gosha.