new delhi shopping centres and malls have requested the delhi government to ease restrictions and allow operations of malls beyond 8 pm citing falling number of covid19 cases in a letter to delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal the shopping centres association of india scai also assured him that it will take all precautions and adhere to the directives issued by the authorities the sector which has already suffered a loss due to successive lockdowns recently resumed operations after bearing many operational costs scai added it is therefore our humble request to kindly allow the functioning of shopping malls beyond 8 pm and help the industry to continue the momentum of revival after a long hiatus we assure you that we would take all precautions and adhere to the directives issued by the authorities it said advt in december last year several state governments including delhi had imposed strict restrictions in a move to curb the rapid spread of omicron variant of the coronavirus in delhi multiplexes were closed dining in restaurants was prohibited and only takeaways were allowed this was reviewed periodically by the respective authorities after assessing the situation and the decline in the number of cases the delhi disaster management authority had on february 4 2022 allowed malls to function till 8 pm post the 2nd lockdown restrictions have been lifted in almost all states most of the larger cities have been able to vaccinate large populations with both doses covid19 cases are also on decline and hospitalisation is almost negligible we request the chief minister of delhi also to allow shopping malls to revert to normal operational hours thereby helping the industry in improving the momentum of revival after a long hiatus scai chairman mukesh kumar said scai represents owners of shopping malls and centres spread across the country all major builders owning malls are also represented by scai pti published on feb 23 2022 at 0841 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app delhi shops delhi covid delhi night curfew delhi news malls shopping centres arvind kejriwal ddma shopping malls homenewsindustryshopping centres malls request delhi government to allow operations beyond 8 pm