chennai many micro small and medium enterprises msmes nonbanking financial companies nbfcs and other businesses in chennais suburbs are still unclear about the procedures to be followed for reopening their unitsthey claim that the government order that allowed reopening from monday was confusing and there was no clarity on whether their employees require separate passes to commute to workspaces and back hometamil nadu government on saturday allowed msmes except those located within corporation limits and containment zones to reopen with 50 workforce from monday soon after hearing the news msmes started applying for vehicle passes for its employees but many were rejected say industry ownerschennai has hundreds of msmes on its outskirts in the kancheepuram chengelpet and tiruvallur districts not all workers reside near their workplaces for instance workers travel all the way from porur and tiruvallur to work in units at thirumullaivoyal and thirumalisai what if police dont allow them to cross district borders without a vehicle pass asked c babu former state president of tamil nadu small and tiny industries association tanstia from chennaiwhile the go states that no such passes were required for those located in village and town panchayats and company id cards will suffice it doesnt mention other areasif the government was keen on allowing msmes to reopen it should issue an order instructing police to accept selfdeclaration forms given by companies and not expect us to approach collectors also id cards were mostly not given for such skilled workers as they keep shifting to different companies every three or four months babu addedas far as nbfcs were concerned they were not sure whether they should apply for permission or they can continue as usual there is no clarity about the state government order said meghraj lulawat who was denied permission to run an nbfc at kilpauk greater chennai corporation officials in response said that his shop was located in a trade complex and rules dont permit them to opensanjay bhansali managing director of deccan finances said many nbfcs were also confused about using company vehicles and allowing employees to use own vehicles to commutecivic officials clarified that arranging transport was mandatory for major industries construction it and ites firms but not for smaller businesses