This Valentine’s Day in the State Capital was observed on a low key as less number of lovebirds in comparison to previous years ventured out on Sunday.
The day of love usually brings good business to florists, restaurants and gift shops, but this time around all of them reported less than expected business.
One key reason every one attributed was that the Valentine Day this time fell on Sunday due to which many youngsters remained confined to their houses unable to overcome the hesitation before their parents to venture out on the day of love.
It is a normal practice on the Valentine day that the young love birds leave their homes on the pretext of going to college, school or their jobs and this luxury they could not afford this time as the D day happened on Sunday.
Devendra Gulati, of famous Nany’s eatery located on EC road here accepted that less number of costumers arrived this year on the Valentine’s Day as compared with last year. To compensate Nany’s was offering a 20 percent discount to those youngsters who arrive with their parents on Valentine’s Day.
The manager of Bistro another popular joint with youngsters however claimed that the number is almost same as that of last year.
Many roadside eating joints of the city privacy located on important roads like Rajpur road and GMS road, preferred by the youngsters for a cool munch with privacy also wore a deserted look on Sunday.
“Our main clients are students. Today being Sunday the footfall is very less despite being Valentine’s Day,’’ said owner of a popular joint on Rajpur Road.
The florists and gift shop owners also complained of less business than usual on the day. Mohammad Arshad of ‘Bud Florist’ located on Dilaram Chowk said that business is down by almost 40 percent.
“We do not close the shop even for a minute on February 13 and 14 as large number of people purchase flowers and bouquets for their loved ones but due to Sunday on Valentine’s Day and rain a day before the business is lean this time around,’’ he rued.