Mumbai: two days after starting the operation, most of the main malls in Mumbai were closed on Tuesday.
Many say that they went with the BMC head was the direction of Chahal which allowed the mall staff to enter even if they had one dose vaccine.
But with the August 16 notice the state government in August stated that all employees including managers and household staff mall had to finish 14 days after receiving a dose, they had decided to turn off the mall again.
At the western suburbs such as inorbit and infiniti in the Malad, 101 Mall Growel in Kandivali, and on the eastern outskirts of R City in Ghatkopar, all remained silent on Tuesday.
Representatives from one of the malls said, “We opened on independence day with the impression that even one dose vaccination for staff would be sufficient.
However, with the government government clearly the mandate that two doses needed, the majority of our staff, the majority of our staff, the majority of our staff.
But it needs to be given the second dose and so we decided to turn off the mall.
“Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO, Indian retail association (RAI), said,” Considering the impact of prolonged closure on work in the mall, Commissioner Mumbai has indicated that the guidelines that apply to the city It will be allowed to allow employees to work in malls to continue work with at least one vaccination.
We believe that the ‘chain break’ of the state government dated August 16 may need to be modified to ensure the balance between saving livelihoods and life.
“Other Mall representatives said that a very small percentage of ST AF they have taken vaccine doses and it is impossible to run malls with much less staff strength.
“Apart from our retailers, even many support staff such as cleaning, parking officers have not taken the second dose.
In addition to the Covishield case, there is a gap of 84 days between two doses and therefore many of our staff are still waiting to complete the same before taking the second dose,” said a representative mall.
Maharashtra Government Regulation allows the mall to open since August 15 this year after asking them to stay close all along the second wave of Covid-19.
Rajneesh Mahajan, Chief Executive Officer, Inorbit Malls India Pvt Ltd and also a director at the Indian Association Shopping Center (SCAI) – a body that represents many major malls in the city, Phoenix, Infiniti Malls says that they expect.
Certain relaxation from the government in terms of staff vaccination.
“We started the Mall with the statement of the BMC Commissioner that one dose for staff would be sufficient and therefore mobilized the workforce and conducted sanitation from the place.
The mall is a large infrastructure and everything needs to be booted again when starting a few gaps a few months.
We expect certain relaxation It does not occur in accordance with the government notices on August 16 which clearly says the two doses are mandatory for staff.
We all want to comply with government regulations and therefore have decided to close again, “Mahajan said.
Sachin Dhanawade – Retail & Real Estate Chief Operating Officer (COO), Grauer & Weil (India) Limited, which operates 1O1 Mall Growel on the outskirts of Kandivali Mumbai, said, “conditions related to malls and retail staff for fully vaccinated are difficult to fulfill by malls -Malum as the majority of employees and staff fall in the age group under 45 years.
Vaccination for those under 45 years old began in May in Maharashtra, which was immediately suspended due to lack.
Supply of vaccines.
Furthermore, the central government also expanded the gap between two doses for covishield.
Most mall staff are partially vaccinated (one dose) after taking their first dose in the last 30-45 days.
In this situation, as a fairly large number.
The staff and employees are not eligible to get their second dose, mall Will not be able to operate before the end of September.
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