Salons, beauty parlours to reopen from today

Nagpur: Closed for 99 days due to lockdown, salons, barber shops and beauty parlours in the district have been allowed to resume services from Sunday. Skin related services at these shops will continue to be prohibited as a precaution to avoid spread of novel coronavirus infection.
Following state government’s notification, municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe and district collector Ravindra Thakare on Saturday issued a circular permitting these establishments to open shutters.
Shops will have to use disposable towels/napkins for customers and compulsorily sanitize the place once in every two hours.
An official from Nagpur Municipal Corporation told TOI that salons, spas and beauty parlours housed in shopping malls will not be allowed to reopen as government is yet to give nod for reopening malls.
The state government had imposed full lockdown in the district from March 21, thus closing down all non-essential shops. On June 1, when non-essential shops were allowed to reopen, the government had continued the prohibition for salons, barber shops and beauty parlours.
Citing financial loss, various associations and owners of these shops had started demanding lifting of restrictions.
Now, very few commercial activities like gyms, malls, theatre etc continue to remain closed. The government is likely to come up with more amendments as the existing notification on lockdown norms is valid up to June 30.