new delhi traders have welcomed ddmas decision of permitting markets to open till late apart from lifting night curfew from monday traders associations had for long been asking the authorities to allow opening of markets later than 8pm as visitors preferred coming after 67pm when offices closedwe have been closing the markets at 8pm for the last two years we were demanding a relaxation in the norms as the covid19 situation had improved we have been incurring heavy losses due to early closing of shops thats why we had written to the lg ddma and delhi government for extending the timings said ashok randhawa president of mini market traders association sarojini nagar advt randhawa added our sales didnt improve even during the wedding season because of the restrictions now there are fewer auspicious dates left in march but we expect people to come out in large numbers to shopthe traders said closing shops at 8pm meant that the process was started at 7pm which was the prime business timing atul bhargava president of new delhi traders association said people preferred to shop mostly after office hours but by that time shops were closed or preparing to down their shutterswe are yet to receive a copy of ddmas order but sources tell us that markets will be allowed to operate till late from monday which will definitely give relief to thousands of traders there will be no night curfew we are thankful to the lg and ddma for this decision added bhargavashopkeepers claimed that with daytime temperature increasing people would anyway prefer to visit markets in the eveningashwani marwah secretary of lajpat nagar traders association said now that positivity rate is below 1 hospitals have no occupancy and people have learned to live with the virus allowing fullfledged operation of markets is a welcome move however we will ensure that covid norms are followed strictly and social distancing is maintained by vibha sharma tnn published on feb 26 2022 at 1204 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app delhi night curfew traders markets ddma delhi covid restrictions delhi markets social distancing delhi traders shopping homenewsindustrydelhi traders expect to recoup losses with longer business hours at night