chandigarh ut aviser manoj parida and ut finance secretary a k sinha on thursday interacted with citybased industrialists and traders regarding the problems faced by them during the curfewthe industrialists demanded complete waiver of electricity fixed charges instead of just deferring the payment naveen manglani president of chamber of chandigarh industries said the ut officials assured that the administration will be extending the date to pay electricity bills without any late fees to april 30 the ut adviser also assured us that they will actively consider waiving off the fixed charges for the lockdown period he added the industrialists also sought assistance to pay wages to employees for april earlier in a letter sent to both centre and ut the industrialists had said since majority of the nearly 2000025000 workers engaged in their 2300odd units are migrant labourers they have been taking care of the financial needs of their families during the lockdown period but for paying the wages for april when no business took place they need financial assistance they had submitted besides the traders also demanded that cloth merchants should be allowed to open their shops for two to three hours every day so that they can sell their clothes the representative of property dealers submitted that the administration should allow at least registration of three properties in a day the converted plot owners association submitted that small businessmen should be allowed to operate their offices with eight10 staff members the ut adviser assured that their demands will be discussed in a meeting with ut adminitrator v p singh badnore