patna shopkeepers in the city downed their shutters at 4pm and 12hour daily night curfew from 6pm was made effective on thursday in adherence to decisions taken by crisis management group cmg of the state government on wednesdayin a bid to curb covid spread in the state the government had announced on wednesday that all shops will be closed at 4pm in place of 6pm as per an earlier order besides night curfew will start from 6pm in place of 9pm in order to ensure strict implementation of the fresh restrictions the administration conveyed the message through loudspeakers police personnel were seen patrolling the market areas patna dm chandrashekhar singh was also seen inspecting implementation of fresh restrictions the shop owners said since the administration was very strict this time they downed their shutters exactly at 4pmbasant kumar owner of a grocery shop at kankarbagh said people are hesitant to leave their homes and the offices also close at 4pm this has drastically affected our sales most customers used to shop in the evening hours the closing of shops at 4pm means huge loss for usdeepak kumar owner of another grocery store at ram nagari colony however said such drastic measures were required to curb the spread of virus we cannot deny that curtailment of business hours or closure of the shops lead to adverse impact on us however it is also a fact that nothing is more important than saving human lives he saidaakash kumar who owns a garment shop at hanuman nagar said the supply of products was quite less in the main market due to the absence of workers in the factoriesbanker varsha bhardwaj said government guidelines are for the betterment of people we should follow these measures to keep covid at bay he said