With uptick in Covid-19 cases, Delhi traders prefer shutdown: Poll

CAIT's survey revealed that most markets in Delhi were seeing only 5 -10 per cent of normal business as customers stayed away and there was a shortage of staff

With Covid-19 cases rising rapidly in the national Capital, a majority of Delhi’s traders said they favoured shutting down all markets. In an online poll, conducted by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) of 2,800 associations and members representing over 1.5 million traders in Delhi, over 88 per cent favoured closure of markets to stop Covid-19’s spread among traders and customers.

CAIT has now sought the government’s view on this. The move comes after a large number of Delhi’s traders and trade associations voiced concerns over the rise in cases in the city. According to CAIT, a whopping 99.4