CHANDIGARH: The city Congress has demanded extension in the opening hours of various shops and establishments. Members of the Congress part said when the number of cases has come down significantly; it is time to provide relief to shopkeepers and small-time traders. They said, “Now when the number of cases has come down, shopkeepers and smalltime traders should be given some relaxations in timings for opening their shops. The administration in its next war room meeting should extend the timings of opening of shops till 8pm and restaurants and eateries till 11pm.” The Congress leaders said the Chandigarh administration should also relax the night curfew hours as there is no need of the same now and maximum normalcy should be restored as people have suffered a lot economically and psychologically during this pandemic. Besides this, the city Congress has further demanded that the pace of Covid-19 vaccination should be increased. The administration should also provide some relief to people, who have suffered medically and economically by deriving a method to compensate them