Jorhat traders’ body wants all shops to remain open
The Upper Assam Chamber of Commerce has expressed its dismay at the Jorhat administration’s decision of allowing shops and wholesellers to open on alternate days.
The Upper Assam Chamber of Commerce is one of the oldest and largest traders company in upper Assam based in Jorhat.
In an appeal addressed to the deputy commissioner to redress its grievances, the UACC further said that it was aggrieved and surprised at this decision as well as the opening timing of wholesellers and shops being fixed at 10 am for both and closing being 6 pm for wholesellers and 8pm for shops.
Referring to a meeting held on Tuesday with the deputy commissioner in which they had apprised the deputy commissioner of the commercial losses they had already faced due to the successive lockdowns and hoped that the business establishments would be allowed to open six days a week.
