NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, OCT 20
The Greater Chennai Corporation on Tuesday sealed a popular textile showroom at the shopping hub of T Nagar here for alleged overcrowding and not adhering to COVID-19 protocols.
A shop in Tnagar has been #locked and #sealed today, since they allowed overcrowding & didn’t follow the COVID-19 safety protocols. Other such shops, which don’t follow the protocols shall be sealed too. Shop owners & public are requested to strictly follow safety protocols.#GCC pic.twitter.com/MncKIWxfIG
— Greater Chennai Corporation (@chennaicorp) October 20, 2020
The GCC had urged the shop owners and public to “strictly” follow safety protocols. “A shop in T. Nagar has been #locked and #sealed today, since they allowed overcrowding & didn’t follow the COVID-19 safety protocols,” GCC said in a tweet.
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— NDTV Videos (@ndtvvideos) October 20, 2020
“Other such shops, which don’t follow the protocols shall be sealed too. Shop owners & public are requested to strictly follow safety protocols. #GCC,” it added.
Thyagaraya Nagar, more popularly known as T Nagar, has been teeming with shoppers for the past few days ahead of the festive season.
The shop had announced clearance sale from October 18 (Sunday). It was sealed by the authorities after a video clipping went viral in social media about overcrowding on Tuesday, said an official from Kodambakkam zone of the Greater Chennai Corporation.
