There are speculations that the Delhi government will relax the lockdown and permit some economic activities from Monday. The final decision will be taken towards the end of the week.
Chamber of Trade & Industry (CTI), a traders’ association, has found through a survey that 80% of traders in the city are in favour of lifting of the lockdown as Covid cases are under control and rapidly declining.
CTI convener Brijesh Goyal said markets and factories in Haryana and Gujarat were being reopened on certain conditions as cases were reducing. “Traders here also have requested the government to allow opening of markets and factories,” he said.
There are speculations that the Delhi government will relax the lockdown and permit some economic activities from Monday. The final decision will be taken towards the end of the week.
Goyal added that the Delhi government had adopted a balanced approach by reviewing the Covid situation every week. “Since the current lockdown is expected to expire on Monday, we conducted this survey covering 560 traders’ organisations”, he said.
CTI vice-president Navdeep Malhotra said that of the 560 organisations, 450 said that markets and factories should be opened in Delhi from June 1. “Some associations, however, suggested that the lockdown should be extended by one week...while some others said they will comply with the decision that the government will take,” CTI treasurer Sudhir Jain said.
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