In a major step to ease out business activities in the district, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori on Friday extended operational timing for non-essential shops/establishments/offices by two hours thus allowing them to operate from 9am to 5 am on weekdays.
The district administration had issued curbs orders a few days back, which were to remain in effect by May 21, 2021. Now, reviewing these orders the working hours for non-essential category has been increased to 5 pm from 3 pm.
Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that all categories of goods/services including private enterprises, businesses and officers which fall under the category of non-essential services can function from 9am to 5 pm between Monday-Friday till further orders.
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Notably, the services falling under the category of essential services are allowed to open from 7am to 5 pm daily, which would follow the same timings till any fresh orders are issued. The DC further added that the step aimed at easing out business activities in Jalandhar amid this ongoing health crisis as a large number of representatives from trade and industry had been demanding for further relaxations.
Mr. Thori further called upon people to strictly follow Covid appropriate behavior in order to keep virus spread under check. He also urged shopkeepers to ensure proper adherence of norms like social distancing, using masks at market places while ensuring business activities in a segregated manner.