A ray of hope for those in the hostel business
The Hindu
With companies reopening cautiously, outstation employees seek highly time-bound contracts with hostels and PGs
One-and-a-half years into the pandemic, many hostels and paying-guest accommodations (as hostels are sometimes loosely called) are still shuttered in Chennai. However, with lockdown restrictions easing off, some companies consider running their offices with a small and safe percentage of their workforce every day, there is a ray of hope for the hostels. Nowhere is this ray as bright as at Rajiv Gandhi Salai, popularly known as Old Mahabalipuram Road, which has the lion’s share of PGs in Chennai, thanks to the IT industry. A few others around Anna Nagar and Ambattur are known for supporting a population of outstation students undergoing UPSC coaching. Those in the business point out that they have reopened some of their branches based on enquiries from former residents.More Related News