Chennai: the electronic hub is inundated with customers, Covid standards violated | Chennai News
CHENNAI: Over the past three days, customers have flocked to the Ritchie Street neighborhood, the city’s hub for electronics and electrical products, flouting all Covid-19 standards. Traders from all over the city, who form a large part of the clientele, and others end up parking their two-wheelers alongside Anna Salai.
Since Monday, when stores started operating after being closed for over a month, there has been a mad rush and the association that covers all traders has ordered that no vehicles be allowed outside. some stores.
The Ritchie Street hub covers Narasingapuram Street, Wallers Street, Meeran Sahib Street, Mohammed Hussain Sahib Street and Guruappa Road. “All entrances to the streets have been barricaded. Frankly, the state of the first day made me panic. Shop owners have been advised to park their vehicles in a paid parking lot near the Gaiety Theater and there is also free parking along Dams Road. The idea is that if the streets are not crowded with vehicles and there is room to walk, a safe distance can be maintained, ”said a member of the All India Radio and Electronics Association ( southern zone).
However, this has led to haphazard parking alongside Anna Salai and in several stores standards such as mandatory temperature checks and customer disinfection are not being met. Dealers have called on authorities to consider extending working hours to 5 p.m., bearing in mind the welfare of staff aside from the fact that it will help revive businesses. “Since working hours are only extended until 2pm, lunch breaks are not allowed and work is rushed. It can affect staff in the long run, ”said one dealer.
There was intense activity on the first day and the issues are being resolved, traders said. “Goods vehicles carrying inventory must enter the streets and as the authorized time for the operation of our stores is 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, store owners have been urged to ensure that all loading and unloading take place before 9 a.m. Shipments to other centers are allowed after 3 pm, ”said Suraj Kankaria, who has a store in Meeran Sahib Street.
Since Monday, when stores started operating after being closed for over a month, there has been a mad rush and the association that covers all traders has ordered that no vehicles be allowed outside. some stores.
The Ritchie Street hub covers Narasingapuram Street, Wallers Street, Meeran Sahib Street, Mohammed Hussain Sahib Street and Guruappa Road. “All entrances to the streets have been barricaded. Frankly, the state of the first day made me panic. Shop owners have been advised to park their vehicles in a paid parking lot near the Gaiety Theater and there is also free parking along Dams Road. The idea is that if the streets are not crowded with vehicles and there is room to walk, a safe distance can be maintained, ”said a member of the All India Radio and Electronics Association ( southern zone).
However, this has led to haphazard parking alongside Anna Salai and in several stores standards such as mandatory temperature checks and customer disinfection are not being met. Dealers have called on authorities to consider extending working hours to 5 p.m., bearing in mind the welfare of staff aside from the fact that it will help revive businesses. “Since working hours are only extended until 2pm, lunch breaks are not allowed and work is rushed. It can affect staff in the long run, ”said one dealer.
There was intense activity on the first day and the issues are being resolved, traders said. “Goods vehicles carrying inventory must enter the streets and as the authorized time for the operation of our stores is 9:00 am to 2:00 pm, store owners have been urged to ensure that all loading and unloading take place before 9 a.m. Shipments to other centers are allowed after 3 pm, ”said Suraj Kankaria, who has a store in Meeran Sahib Street.
