NEW DELHI: After Delhi Disaster Management Authority allowed weekly markets on trial basis from August 24 to 30, 12 weekly markets in the capital will open from Monday. The district authorities and the municipal corporations have drawn up plans to ensure social distancing and other Covid-19 precautionary measures so that the weekly markets do not turn into super spreaders. The market functioning will be reviewed after August 30 and a final decision will be taken then on whether to let them open or not.
The municipal corporations held a series of meetings on Saturday to plan the trial opening of select weekly markets. A municipal official said that the commissioner of each civic body has asked the deputy commissioner of the zone to select a weekly market for reopening each day. "Each zone is expected to come out with a list of 5-7 markets for functioning between August 24 and 30," the official disclosed. "A nodal officer of superintending officer rank and a licensing officer have been assigned to ensure compliance of regulations in each market." An official added that penal action would be taken against anyone violating the regulations.
By Saturday evening, some weekly markets in south Delhi had been identified. SDMC's west zone will allow markets at Shiv Nagar, Tilak Nagar, A-1 Block Janakpuri, Hari Nagar, B-1 Janakpuri, Khyala and Ashok Nagar, respectively, from Monday to Sunday. In the south zone, markets will open in Pushp Vihar, Saket (Monday), Sheikh Sarai Phase-2 (Tuesday), Gautam Nagar(Thursday), Mohammadpur, Sec-1 RK Puram (Friday) and Sector-7 RK Puram (Sunday). In Najafgarh zone, the main Najafgarh market will open on Monday while the Dwarka Mor-Kakrola market will function on Tuesday.
In north Delhi, the lists were being finalised. "Nodal officers have been directed to be present in the weekly markets and ensure strict compliance of DDMA directions," a north corporation official said. The standard operating procedure will include a 6-ft distance between vendors and spaces marked for people, buyers wearing masks and total ban on spitting in the open. "Demarcation for social distancing will be done on Sunday. A place to isolate anyone showing flu-like symptoms will also be set up," the official told TOI.
The weekly markets will also have markings to indicate where the physical area of the market begins and ends. A civic official said preference will be given to markets organised in relatively open spaces to allow for proper social distancing.
Arun Kumar Mishra, district magistrate (East), disclosed that police and civil defence volunteers would be deployed in the weekly markets. "Since the weekly markets are vulnerable places in regard to Covid infection, there will be precautions and the areas where the stalls are usually set up will be sanitised before business begins," Mishra said.
The municipal corporations held a series of meetings on Saturday to plan the trial opening of select weekly markets. A municipal official said that the commissioner of each civic body has asked the deputy commissioner of the zone to select a weekly market for reopening each day. "Each zone is expected to come out with a list of 5-7 markets for functioning between August 24 and 30," the official disclosed. "A nodal officer of superintending officer rank and a licensing officer have been assigned to ensure compliance of regulations in each market." An official added that penal action would be taken against anyone violating the regulations.
By Saturday evening, some weekly markets in south Delhi had been identified. SDMC's west zone will allow markets at Shiv Nagar, Tilak Nagar, A-1 Block Janakpuri, Hari Nagar, B-1 Janakpuri, Khyala and Ashok Nagar, respectively, from Monday to Sunday. In the south zone, markets will open in Pushp Vihar, Saket (Monday), Sheikh Sarai Phase-2 (Tuesday), Gautam Nagar(Thursday), Mohammadpur, Sec-1 RK Puram (Friday) and Sector-7 RK Puram (Sunday). In Najafgarh zone, the main Najafgarh market will open on Monday while the Dwarka Mor-Kakrola market will function on Tuesday.
In north Delhi, the lists were being finalised. "Nodal officers have been directed to be present in the weekly markets and ensure strict compliance of DDMA directions," a north corporation official said. The standard operating procedure will include a 6-ft distance between vendors and spaces marked for people, buyers wearing masks and total ban on spitting in the open. "Demarcation for social distancing will be done on Sunday. A place to isolate anyone showing flu-like symptoms will also be set up," the official told TOI.
The weekly markets will also have markings to indicate where the physical area of the market begins and ends. A civic official said preference will be given to markets organised in relatively open spaces to allow for proper social distancing.
Arun Kumar Mishra, district magistrate (East), disclosed that police and civil defence volunteers would be deployed in the weekly markets. "Since the weekly markets are vulnerable places in regard to Covid infection, there will be precautions and the areas where the stalls are usually set up will be sanitised before business begins," Mishra said.
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