Summary:
As per the statistics available with Vijayawada Salons and Spas Association, there are 430 salons and 60 unisex beauty parlors in the city and around 2,000 families are dependent on this sector.
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The second wave of Covid-19 has kept customers away from salons and beauty parlours in the city.
Usually on Sundays, salons would be busy catering to the needs of customers.
But lockdown has changed the picture completely.
As per the statistics available with Vijayawada Salons and Spas Association, there are 430 salons and 60 unisex beauty parlours in the city and around 2,000 families are dependent on this sector.
Most of the salons remained shut after Covid-19 cases started increasing in the last week of April and many have closed their operations as they are not able to meet even minimum expenses.
“People are hesitating to come to salons due to fear of infection.
We are sterilising scissors and wearing PPE suits to instill confidence among them.
But the response from the public is poor.
Most of them are trying haircuts in their homes.