As Delhi unlocks, manufacturers and realtors face severe roadblocks

Shortage of labour, lack of supply of materials pose hurdles to resuming operations

The Delhi government may have allowed manufacturing and construction activities to resume in the national capital, but with the movement of vehicles and other business activities continuing to be restricted, realtors and manufacturers faced severe roadblocks on Day One of the unlocking process.
 
Take the Okhla Industrial area in southeast Delhi. Home to thousands of offices and hundreds of small and medium-scale manufacturing units, the streets of the business hub remained deserted as very few turned up for work.
 
Anshul Jain, a production manager at Happy Sound Industries, a medium-scale manufacturer of branded audio products like speakers, amplifiers