AdvertisementVIRUS HOTSPOTBut as the city became a virus hotspot, around 80 per cent of construction workers left the financial hub after work came to a standstill, according to the Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry. "But it has not reaped any positive signs yet," he told AFP. "We looked after them, took care of their food, safety and sanitisation and even had mobile creches for kids," the group's billionaire co-founder Niranjan Hiranandani told AFP. "We have a double whammy with the pandemic eroding demand while construction workers are not available," Pankaj Kapoor, CEO of Mumbai-based consultancy Liases Foras, told AFP. SECTOR IN A MESSAseem Kumar, general secretary of the Garment Exporters Association of Rajasthan, told AFP his sector was "in a mess".

Source: Daily Nation July 26, 2020 04:30 UTC