The Dehradun district magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava has assured that the rules of weekly closure will be applicable on all the business bodies including shopping malls, big stores and complexes in the district besides the main marketplaces. This was informed by the president of Doon Udyog Vyapar Mandal (DUVM), Vipin Nagalia. Many shopkeepers had expressed their disappointment in the past that while the shopkeepers of the main marketplaces keep their shops closed on weekly closure day as per the orders, big stores and shopping malls do not face any such restrictions from the authorities.
According to Nagalia, the representatives of DUVM met the DM on Wednesday and told him that small shopkeepers keep their shops closed on weekly lockdown but most of the big stores and malls remain open which increases the risk of covid contagion. Srivastava assured that implementation of weekly closure will be ensured in all the businesses in the district without any bias, said Nagalia.