Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Amritsar July 12 Malls eateries hotels gyms and other commercial establishments resumed functioning after the lockdown and the night curfew was lifted from the holy city on Monday. Avneet Singh a local resident said he had been waiting for the malls to resume functioning as he was keen on buying some household items of some good brands which were not easily available. “These household items are available in the open market but lack fine finishing” he said. Worker cleans and readies equipment before the opening of gyms in Amritsar. Sunil Kumar Paramveer Singh general manager of Taj Swarna said: “With the lifting of the lockdown and relaxations in progress the situation has started getting better and we expect things to improve further. We have seen people being more aware and conscious. With the vaccination drives and safety measures offered by the hospitality industry travel will be much safer and reliable. We have started seeing pick up in queries from newer feeder markets such as from the western and central states. With relaxations travellers have started coming to Amritsar. Business will gradually normalise.” An employee of a leading shopping mall in the town said some staff members have been called to resume their duties with the resumption of operations. “More jobs would be restored if the operation of the malls progresses smoothly. Even as malls complied with all standard operating procedures (SOP) the response of customers on the maiden day was moderate. Stating that it was the first day of the week which might have dithered office goers from visiting the malls employees at the malls expected that things might improve further as people start gaining confidence. They feel the coming weekend would bring in rush. Raghav Kapoor administering an eating joint said the permission for dine-in facility would offer them an opportunity to properly earn and distribute salaries among the staff. He said take-aways and home deliveries were not economically viable. Happy Narula associated with the wedding industry said allowing a gathering of 100 people inside and 200 outside would bring back the liquidity in the wedding industry which provide employment to about 150 persons with one party.

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