Mumbai: In the revised guidelines incurred on Sunday, the Maharashtra government has allowed beauty and gymnasium salons to operate with a capacity of 50 percent and only allows them to be fully vaccinated to use services.
Revised guidelines have come less than 24 hours after ordering a beauty salon and gymnasium to close together with several other places.
Notification states, “Beauty salons will be grouped with hair cutting salons and are permitted to remain open with a capacity of 50 percent with restrictions for hair cutting salons.
In these companies, only activities that do not require the elimination of masks by anyone who will be permitted.
“Gymnasium is also permitted open with a 50 percent capacity that can be used with the use of masks while carrying out any activities.
Rekha Choudhary, Health Ambassador and managing Directo, R Oneline Wellness, said that beauty salons and spas have been allowed to continue operations only about 4-5 months ago, but while the salon cannot operate.
“By 2020, we can convince Union Nitin Gadkari minister about our industries dominated by women and important services that we provide.
He helped us meet with Minister of Internal AMIT Shah which transferred us from a negative list and issued a letter to all the governments The state.
But it took us a long time to convince the Maharashtra government, “he said.
Choudhary said the pandemic had left people who were mentally disturbed and the necessary alternative therapy provided by the health industry.
“Even though we are not medical practitioners, we follow very high cleanliness standards.
Without understanding the industry, random decisions taken by the government,” he said.
Choudhary said the spa provides a body massage involving hand use, and facial masks are used throughout by clients and service providers.
Nikhil Rajpuria, President, Association of Gym Owner Maharashtra (Mahafit) said that since the gym continued operations, they had ensured that everyone was wearing a shield as it was done on airplanes.
“The previous SOP allows the use of shields or masks.
We will continue to use the shield and urge people to wear a cloth mask while exercising.
Most of the gym owners can be closed on Sundays,” he said.