new delhi delhi government is going to form a committee to analyse the situation in the wake of the extended lockdown taking a heavy toll on traders and labourers and undertake measures to help them crawl out of the crisisgovernment sources said that trade and industry are in a bad shape and most businesses and industrial units have been closed for more than 45 days since march 24 when the country was put under complete lockdown as a result many people have lost their jobsthe committee will analyse and suggest measures to help people and businesses in these tough times with a special focus on protection of interests of labourers the panel will be formed in a couple of days said a government sourceunable to survive the crisis many migrant labourers who worked in industrial and business units left for their hometowns many of them were unwilling to return to the capital the industries and businesses that opened after relaxations in the lockdown given by delhi government in the third week of may are grappling with a shortage of workersalmost 70 of the workers have left for their hometowns resulting in a severe crisis this is taking a toll on business activities the remaining workers are demanding thrice the wages said a trader at kashmere gate adding that the government should take steps to check reverse migrationthe committee would be making efforts to serve the interests of the labourers so that they feel assured and encourage many who have left to return after the situation normalises its purpose will be to find a synchronism between the interests of the traders and the workers so that they function smoothly and both their interests are served said a sourcethe revival of businesses is not only important for traders but also the government because it is grappling with severe fall in revenue generation tax collection has dropped to an alltime low compared with rs 3566 crore collected in april 2019 the tax earned in the same month this year was only rs 350 croreniranjan poddar president of automotive and general traders welfare association of mori gate said the government should make the gst refund process faster so that traders have more liquidity which could be used to grow their businesses and also generate jobsthe convener of chamber of trade and industry brijesh goyal said that traders lost over 10000 crore in each month since the lockdown began the traders are the biggest victims of the lockdown he added