Traders ask Kejriwal not to extend lockdown
May 15, 2021 21:10
The National Delhi Traders Association wrote a letter to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, requesting him to lift the complete COVID-19 lockdown in the national capital.
NDTA, in their letter, urged the Delhi Chief Minister to open markets in a phased manner with strict enforcement of laws.
The letter comes in the backdrop of complete COVID-19 lockdown in Delhi amid rising COVID-19 infections. CM Arvind Kejriwal, earlier this month, had announced complete lockdown in the city to curb the spread and break the transmission chain of coronavirus. The lockdown restrictions in the city were supposed to stay in place till May 10, but were extended till May 17 in view of the coronavirus situation.
The National Delhi Traders Association president Atul Bhargava, said that nobody was in favour of the lockdown since the beginning.
But they had no option since the coronavirus cases in Delhi were rising. However, now we are of the opinion that the government instead of extending lockdown should open the markets in a phased manner with strict enforcement of laws and proper sanitisation, he added.
Furthermore, Bhargava asserted that the traders, who have stood with the nation in all difficult times, are now in dire need of support from the government and claimed that the umpteen letters written to the powers that be for help have fallen on deaf ears.
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