Mumbai: Many major malls in the city, which closed the business, reopened in part.
From Inorbit in the Maldo to R City Mall in Ghatkopar, many started operating from Friday to ensure that the public was connected to a fixed, especially considering the mal-malls had been closed for months.
Mal operators said they were trying to operate with staff who were fully vaccinated and also with those over the age of 60.
On August 15, the mall in the open city and said they followed the BMC head was the direction of Verbal Chahal which would be allowed to work if they had taken a dose of vaccine .
But with the state government notices on August 16 stated that all employees, including managers and household mall staff had to finish 14 days after both doses, they decided to close again.
Gurvineet Singh, Viviana Mall CEO, said the country’s direction means they need to operate with the skeleton staff.
“Retail stores in the mall operate with several staff.
It affects customer experience.
We try to get security and other staff that are 60-plus but it’s not enough.
In the mall, most visitors aged 18-45, and request complete vaccination for them before Enter means footsteps very low.
We are afraid it will soon become unable to operate for us to operate in such a scenario, “Singh said.
Some malls tried to get support staff from other cities which were fully vaccinated.
Mall 1o1 Growel Kandivli was also reopened on Friday.
Sachin Dhanawade, COO, Retail & Real Estate, Grauer & Weil (India) Ltd, which operates Growel, said they were arranging for temporary personnel who were fully vaccinated.
“We also set the second dose for staff when they qualify.
The mall here is collaboratively looking for meetings with government authorities to solve problems and help us keep livelihoods that depend on the mall ecosystem,” he said.
Rajneesh Mahajan.
CEO, Inorbit Malls India Pvt Ltd and Director of the Indian Shopping Center Association (SCAI), representing the main malls in the city, said they had started with about half a dozen opening stores.
“With the government government, we may be able to operate with staff with full force only at the end of September.
While the system is not financially feasible to run a business, to ensure customer connected, we strive to operate in part,” he said.
A spokesman for Mall City Ghatkopar said they returned from August 20 and will comment on business after assessing numbers in a few days.