COURIER & ON-LINE DELIVERY SERVICES MUST NOT BE PART OF RELAXED LOCK-DOWN NORMS
Bureau,Odishabarta
Courier and on-line delivery services must not be part of relaxed lock-down norms – Best is to continue extend complete lock-down strictly without relaxation in urban areas.
DELHI:Central government has announced many relaxation-norms in lock-down starting 20.04.2020 which also includes courier-service. Best is to extend lock-down with on-going strict-most norms till 03.05.2020 at least in urban areas. It becomes necessary in view of a pizza delivery-boy in Delhi found corona-affected. As such there is no sense in allowing courier and on-line delivery services where not only the delivery-persons but even delivered items might be carrying corona-virus. Rather Central government should take up with West Bengal government matter of sweets-shops open during complete lock-down period now with extended timings. Continuing strict lock-down norms in urban areas will also be test-case for people gathering during forthcoming holy Ramzan starting from 23.04.2020.
Allowing non-essential electrical items like coolers, refrigerators, air-conditioners etc to be delivered during lock-down period or even otherwise if purchased on-line is not only improper because of chances of corona-spread in delivery, but will ruin traders who managed huge stock of such items before the hot season. Since retail and wholesale trade accounts for highest 28-percent contribution to Indian economy, this sector needs to be promoted by banning on-line sale of these items. Otherwise middle-income traders of these items will be worst hit because of heavy expenses on bank-interest, salaries, rents and other establishment expenses without even generation of sale-revenue what to talk of profits. Promoting on-line sale will result in heavy unemployment, and may even create suicidal tendency amongst middle-class traders.
However to ease crops-harvesting, lock-down may be relaxed with immediate effect in those rural areas where there are no corona-cases.
Input;Subash Agarwal
