Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Amritsar May 5 Impacted by Covid-19 Anil Kapoor a leading distributor of FMCG products in the district is focusing on gadgets promising solutions to curb the infection this year. “The novel coronavirus has impacted people in one way or the other. A large number of them are ready to invest in to safeguard their installations belongings and houses from the virus” he said. Keeping this in mind Philips has pressed in some products to combat the virus. For this we want to approach commercial establishments like hospitals hotels and families with these two gadgets. One of these is available in the shape of microwave oven. Costing in range of Rs 7000 to Rs 10000 a piece it disinfects various commodities such as laptops remotes vegetables fruits and others. Philips has pressed in another gadget which promises to provide healthier air. Called UV-C disinfection upper air proven to inactivate 99.99 per cent Covid-19 virus costs Rs14000 per peace. A postgraduate in economics Anil 62 has been in the business for the past four decades. He remained a distributor of leading companies such as Hindustan Lever Cadbury Reckitt and Colman besides distributor clearing and forwarding agent of WIMCO a European company. Now he is a distributor of five divisions of Philips which includes lighting personal care domestic appliances baby care USHA AO Smith and Anchor Panasonic. He anticipates at least 10 per cent growth this year. “If we manage to overcome the onslaught of the second surge of the Covid-19 then the quantum of growth is likely to increase” he said. Despite last year being wrecked by the novel coronavirus and its induced lockdown he managed to give at least 15 per cent growth to his companies from the fiscal 2019-2020. On the new restriction to contain second surge of Covid-19 being implemented this month he said it would not damage the sale quantum of FMCG and MNC products as most of the summer sale had been met. He is president of both — Punjab Distributors Welfare Association and Amritsar Distributors Association.

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