Traffic snarls witnessed in Erode

Traffic snarls witnessed in Erode

12/05/2020, STAFF REPORTER ,ERODE

Panneerselvam Park Junction in Erode witnessed sharp increase in the movement of vehicles on Monday.M. GOVARTHAN M_GOVARTHAN

With the government permitting more standalone shops to function from Monday, shops offering services saw good business.

As a result, vehicular traffic and movement of people saw a sharp increase on the arterial roads after shops were opened on Monday.

With lockdown to end on May 17, the State government had announced relaxations in a phased manner allowing industries to function and opening of shops. Reasonable crowd was witnessed at mobile phone sales and service centres, two-wheeler repair and service centres, bakeries, shop selling household appliances and repair shops, electrical stores, photocopying shops and courier booking offices.

Since only parcel service were allowed in tea shops, a few customers could be seen in the shops as shop owners said that their business could be normal only when the restrictions were removed. In many shops, a worker was deputed to instruct customers to maintain personal distancing and also give sanitisers.