Bengaluru: After months of disruption and losses, the mall owner has urged the state government to enable them to be reopened with Covid security measures and provide concessions that can help the industry be carried again.
They expect property tax assistance, reduce water and electricity costs, longer operations and exceptions from the night or curfew.
The Mall owner’s association delegation submitted a request to the Chairman of the BS Yediyurappa Minister on Tuesday morning.
“Opening the mall from 9am to 4pm will not help us because it’s only a post-work you want to visit.
Continuing hours of night weekend after allowing the open mall to be a big pain,” said Nandeesh Mr., CEO of Garuda Mall , who visited the CM office along with the other five.
He added that the mall must be allowed to open a food court.
There are 84 malls in Karnataka with almost 3 Lakh employees, including administration, household staff and security.
“We can follow the Kolkata model, where the mall is allowed to open from noon to 10pm,” said Nandeesh.
Sunil Munshi, Orion Mall Executive Vice President, said that the mall would take the necessary safety measures.
“We will ensure that our staff is vaccinated, and we will maintain a direct number of people in place to ensure no crowding at a certain point,” he said.
The association has asked the government to release update costs for various permits, licenses, and nocs.
It wants to freeze the minimum wage throughout 2021-22.
Yediyurappa told the delegation that he was worried about the possibility of the third wave of Covid-19.
“We understand the skepticism of the government.
But still close the mall while anticipating the third wave.
We will definitely close the mall if the virus starts to spread again,” said Uday Garudachar, Director of Garuda Mall implementing in Magrath Road.
“Malls were closed in March last year and we were allowed to reopen for several months in the middle.
The cinema does not have a lot of content and people are afraid of eating in court food.
Footsteps per day down from almost 30,000 to 1,000.
These, shops can’t even pay rent.
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