Places of worship, hotels, restaurants and malls to reopen from today

75-day wait ends today but getting customers and labour back is a challenge

Much of India on Monday will have hotels, restaurants, malls, and places of worship reopening after 75 days of lockdown, but amid observing social-distancing norms and a palpable sense of nervousness about the challenges ahead.

‘Unlock 1’, as the government has called it, will see places of worship open with precautions such as no edible offering, and no sprinkling of holy water or touching 

of idols or holy books.

Hotels, restaurants, and malls will reopen with limits on footfalls and occupancy. These will also need to follow guidelines such as keeping air-conditioning at 24°C and keep hand sanitizers at entrances.

However,