COVID surge: Delhi s Chandni Chowk market to remain shut till April 25
Several market associations also supported the decision to keep shops closed to break the chain of COVID-19 infections as Delhi recorded its highest ever single-day spike and positivity rate
BusinessToday.In | April 18, 2021 | Updated 23:29 IST
Delhi s Chandni Chowk market wears a deserted look
Delhi s famous Chandni Chowk market will be almost entirely closed to check the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Apart from a few shops along the main road all shop will be shut till April 25, announced a Chandni Chowk traders body on Sunday. Today Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal in an emergency meeting with its members has decided to request its members to keep their establishment closed till April 25 in light of very serious condition of the virus spreading at very large volumes. We will take a decision after assessing the condition next Sunday, informed Chandni Chowk Sarv Vyapar Mandal s Sanjay Bhargava.
COVID surge: Delhi s Chandni Chowk market to remain shut till April 25
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Jamshedpur: Despite an uptick in the number of positive cases of Covid-19 in East Singhbhum district, especially in Jamshedpur, commercial establishments and people in general continue to flout the laid out norms. Till Thursday, the district had 2,500 active cases of the virus. Nearly 80% of the active cases are from the urban areas.
In order to check violation of norms, police have fined at least 1,000 people between April 12 and April 15 in Jugsalai, Telco, Kadma, Sonari, Sakchi, Sidhgora and Golmuri areas. During the same time, nearly 50 commercial establishments, including drug stores, were sealed for flouting social distancing norms.
Popular malls like Bazaar Kolkata, Citi Style, Delhi Bazaar in Sakchi, D M jewellers, Oxymberg garments shop, mobile shops at Amar market in Bistupur, Mahalaxmi Medical store, Girdhari Hotel in Jugsalai were sealed by the administration.