new delhi the announcement of restrictions from 10pm to 5am has not gone down well with traders who are already facing losses and are unhappy with thecurbs imposed in marketsthe traders argue that markets remain open till late in summer as people dont prefer to come out during the day moreover their employees leave only after the shops are closed now they will need to wind up in advance as the staff will insist upon leaving early to avail of public transportamit gupta executive member of new delhi traders association said our outlets are open till 915pm in summer because customers visit us till late at night after closing the shop our employees take 3045 minutes to wrap up everything before leaving for home but now since people wont be allowed to travel after 10pm they will insist upon leaving early the decision has come as a huge surprise for us as no discussion took place with tradersin old delhi traders had more reasons to worry though the wholesale markets close by 78pm a majority of customers come from other states who would stay away now transportation would be another problem as vehicles carrying nonessential goods wont be allowed entry at night after 6pm the vehicles wont be allowed to cross the bordersdevraj baweja of sadar bazar traders association said we suffered 4050 losses last year due to the pandemic now things have already started getting worse at the beginning of the year migrant labourers are panicking with the announcement and fear facing a similar situation like last year when they had to leave for their hometowns after the sudden lockdown people from other states have started avoiding coming to the marketvijay kumar a trader in south extensioni market said a trend had picked up last year to open shops early and close them by 7308pm this order might not impact our operations but business will definitely be affected drastically it will dissuade customers from coming to the market for shopping eating and spending some quality time because they will need to reach home by 10pm he addedat sarojini nagar market the district administration engaged civil defence volunteers at all four entries for thermal scanning and sanitisation of staff on tuesdayashok randhawa of mini market traders association said even policemen are present at the entries for assistance for maintaining social distancing inside shops circles have been made outside challans were issued by new delhi municipal council to 2030 people for not wearing masks we appreciate the action but the existing situation has created fear among visitors despite it being the wedding season there is no rush in the market