new delhi not only the building in which the fire occurred the tragedy at anaj mandi has also affected business in the entire colony few shops are willing to open even three days after the massive blaze which claimed 43 lives and left dozen others injuredthose who did open on wednesday said hundreds of people including labourers and shop owners had left the area they could be seen loading up their goods onto trucks at nightakbar opened his grocery store on wednesday expecting some normalcy however the only customers he received were people from nearby who had wandered in search of the burnt building which he says has become a local attraction of sortsbusiness has been impacted in the area for everyone most of the residents have departed after the tragedy weve seen people emptying their shops and warehouses completely at night while this area earlier bustled with activity till midnight and beyond we plan to shut shop by 6 pm today there is hardly any activity at night ever since the fire incident happened said akbar adding that he fears stepping out at night these dayshe said that he is also contemplating selling the shop if business is not the same as earlier we dont know when people will return and when the area will be same again added akbaron wednesday barely 5 to 6 shops were functioning in the area most of whom either sold groceries or were tea and food stallsthe owner of a tea stall told toi that he too fears business will never be the same again a lot of people have been coming here since the morning just to get a look at the building some end up drinking tea at my shop but i have hardly seen any local customers many people have packed their bags and left earlier we would remain open beyond midnight for labourers who would work through the night but it seems unlikely we will function beyond the evening now he saidsameer siddiqui who worked at a warehouse located right next to the building where the fire occurred said hes been unable to resume work since the incident im not sure when work will resume or when things will be back to normal people like me keep visiting the area to find out if the other shops are opening or not if enough shops open maybe things will go back to normal again said siddiquiwhile an incident command post set up by delhi police exists in the area since sunday police officials who have been on patrol said it is likely to be removed soon all checks in the building have been completed and teams from various departments have already collected samples and compiled their preliminary reports said a police officialwatch delhi anaj mandi fire what caused the loss of so many lives