Kolkata: Traders support restrictions, but question practicality of dual timings for keeping shops open

Following the state government's restrictions levied in the aftermath of the worsening Covid-19 situation, traders in West Bengal, while supporting the lockdown, question the practicality of the restrictions imposed on, bazaars, and marketplaces.

With the Covid tsunami in West Bengal showing no signs of ebbing, majority of the state's traders are questioning the practicality of the enforced restrictions. As they prepare to close their shops at 10 am, a number of market traders spoke to India Today TV about their approach to the new restrictions levied by the West Bengal government. Girish Jain, a cloth trader, told India Today TV that the implementation could have been handled better.