new delhi for the first time in over a month akash opened his tea stall in laxmi nagar on sunday with a soft smile and a hope of getting business back on track as the delhi government ordered implementation of the union home ministrys guidelines on reopening of standalone shops in covid19 noncontainment zoneswith the nation going into a lockdown on march 25 to contain the spread of the coronavirus akash took to selling vegetables he reopened the tea stall after a 33day hiatus but business is leanthere is not much sale as people are not venturing out due to the lockdown i hope the situation improves after may 3 he saidthe government order allowing certain relaxations amid the lockdown has evoked a mixed response in delhi some tea sellers tailors and electricians have reopened their shops however in many areas including harinagar in west delhi and lajpat nagar in south delhi all shops barring grocery stores and pharmacies remained kept their shutters downarvind aggarwal who deals in items of domestic use in laxmi nagar said he did not expect many customers i came to take stock of the situation and do some cleaning work i hope business will be back on track with opening of more shops and lifting of restrictions he saidthe second phase of the nationwide lockdown will continue till may 3the ruling aaps trade and industry wing convener brijesh goyal said many people in laxmi nagar had opened their shops in markets on saturday due to some confusion but there are no such report on sundaywe expect shops in residential areas to open following the government order shops in coronavirus containment zones however will remain shut and no business activity is allowed in such areas he saidchief minister arvind kejriwal said on sunday the delhi government was implementing the centres guidelines on opening of neighbourhood and standalone shops during the lockdown till may 3he however clarified that no markets and malls will be allowed to open in the national capital and all shops in covid19 containment zones will remain shutthe delhi government will maintain status quo and will not relax lockdown restrictions till may 3 except those permitted by the union home ministry he saidpraveen khandelwal secretary general of confederation of all india traders cait said traders in many states including delhi have been finding it difficult to open their shops because of confusion on what constitutes neighbourhood and standalone shops as there is no specified definition in this regardin delhi alone there are around 75000 shops which can be opened following the order but the response so far has been lukewarm owing to the confusion he saidthe cait on sunday wrote to union home secretary ajay bhalla seeking further clarification on neighbourhoodstandalone shops there is a lack of consensus between the administration and law enforcement agencies which has kept traders from opening their shops it saidin a late night order on friday the mha said all shops including neighbourhood shops and standalone shops shops in