Municipal markets to reopen today

Udhagamandalam: Municipal markets in Ooty and Coonoor will be reopened to the public under the ABC system from Wednesday.
After the apex body of all merchants’ associations in the district held talks with collector J Innocent Divya, it was decided that the shops inside the markets would be opened on rotational basis.
As per the standard operating procedures, all the shopkeepers should be vaccinated, sanitizers should be provided at the entrance of the shops during the business hours.
President of the Nilgiri District Merchants’ Associations R Parameswaran said, “We have received a nod from the district collector to open shops on rotation basis in the municipal markets in the district from Wednesday onwards.” However, textile and jewellery shops will not be reopened.