Gym owners in Delhi to protest today, demand reopening of fitness centres

Delhi Gym Association, vice president, Chirag Sethi, said gym owners have suffered the most due to the Covid pandemic and they should be allowed to reopen their establishments.

New Delhi: Owners of gyms and an association representing them on Saturday (January 29, 2022) will stage a protest near the Delhi lieutenant governor's office to demand reopening of their establishments, which have been shut for a month under Covid restrictions.

Though the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Thursday lifted the weekend curfew and also allowed restaurants, bars and cinema halls to operate with 50 per cent capacity, gyms and schools in the city are still shut.

Restrictions had come into force under a 'yellow alert' issued by the authority in December last year when the Covid positivity rate had crossed 0.5 per cent in the national capital.