Mangaluru: Restaurants, office shop shops, cafes, games centers, and other shops located close to educational institutions, serving students, slowly bouncing, because businesses take gradually.
Nikith Mascarenhas, who runs a stationery store and makes a bulk sales registers of attendance in Vittal, has no business since the start of Pandemic.
“Sales have increased from the last month.
Depending on the Covid situation, it may be required at least one year for businesses to return to normal, as in the days before the pandemic,” said Nikith, who continued his family’s business.
A smile on the face of the restaurant owner and the owner of the head near the educational institution, which has little or no business, returns, because educational institutions have been reopened.
Raj of Vihar Restaurant is located in St.
Aloysius College Share that has been enhanced by a business since the reopening of college.
However, the increase in raw material prices including gas, is the burden on them.
“We are in a catchment-22 situation because we cannot increase prices.
Even if we raise prices, other shops nearby must also increase prices uniformly, or students go to those places where the price is lacking.
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Cannot burden students too, whose family has suffered financially because of Covid-19, “he said, telling the difficulties of small restaurants that serve students.
Usually restaurants near educational institutions do business only when open schools or colleges.
“There is no business when students have a vacation,” said other restaurant owners near the road car.
“When school and college open, we have a good demand for night snacks.
Parents who come to pick up their children from the school visit our shop,” said restaurant owner near the Sri Venkataramana Temple at Car Street.
Some students who often visit restaurants for lunch and rest, have avoided it because Covid-19.
“They bring Tiffin from home to avoid getting into crowded places,” said Naufal, who manages a restaurant near Chartpost Vamanjoor.