The sweet shop owners, who are staring at huge losses, have urged the state authorities to grant them permission to run their businesses, even if not at full throttle. Chandra assured that if they are allowed to run shops, the owners would abide by all safety precautions. But we have been urging the authorities to find a solution so that the huge quantity of milk bought by sweet shops doesnt go waste. Das said at least one lakh sweet shops across Bengal were reeling under losses. But if curd and certain other dairy items could be added to the list of essentials, it would be of immense help to the shop owners, their employees as well as the milkmen," he added.

Source: The Telegraph March 29, 2020 09:11 UTC