The Supreme Court gave Kerala a day’s time to reply to a plea challenging the state government’s decision to relax lockdown for three days, beginning Sunday, in view of the Bakrid festival. Kerala Govt on Monday told the Apex court that curbs put in place to deal with Covid-19 have put people in a lot of misery and traders who had stocked up goods were expecting Bakrid sales to alleviate their misery to a certain extent.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced the concessions at a press conference on July 17 and said that in view of Bakrid (Eid-ul-Azha) being celebrated on July 21, textiles, footwear shops, jewellery, fancy stores, shops selling home appliances and electronic items, all types of repairing shops and shops selling essential items shall be allowed to open on July 18-20 from 7 AM to 8 PM in category A, B and C areas. In D category areas, these shops can function only on July 19, he had said. The areas have been categorised based on test positivity rate
The trader's organisation has also “started to agitate against the stringent curbs” and announced that they will open shops diluting regulations, the state said in an affidavit filed in the top court while explaining its decision to provide lockdown relaxation for three days.
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