mumbai all essential shops excluding medical stores will only be allowed to remain open from 8am to 12pm in areas like powai bhandup and kanjurmarg from monday the bmcs s ward on saturday issued a circular stating that all essential shops will remain closed after 12 noon and only medical stores will be allowed to remain open to prevent crowding and contain the spread of covid19 there is a lot of crowding at these shops throughout the day there was a demand from the local corporators and mlas so we issued this circular however all media stores will remain open round the clock however they will be allowed to offer home delivery and online delivery will be allowed said vibhas achrekar assistant municipal commissioner s wardthe order will be effective till april 30 and will also apply to roadside fruit and vegetable vendors we have asked all supermarkets like dmart haiko to also open only between 8am and 1pm all restaurants and bars are anyway only allowed for home delivery achrekar said the s ward covers areas like kannamwar nagar powai kanjurmarg nardas nagar powaivihar complex sarvodaya nagar and tembhipada last week the bmc issued fresh lockdown guidelines allowing delivery of food and essential supplies through online service providers for 24 hours every day bmc has also allowed eye clinics and optician shops to remain open from 7 am to 8 pm and movement of domestic helps cooks drivers and medical assistants is allowed between 7 am to 10 pm