No order to open barber shops, hair salons or liquor shops: MHA

New Delhi: Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary (Home Affairs) said on Saturday that hair salons & barber shops render services. Our order is applicable on shops which deal in sale of items. There is no order to open barber shops and hair salons. There is no order to open liquor shops too.

Hair salons & barber shops render services. Our order is applicable on shops which deal in sale of items. There is no order to open barber shops & hair salons. There is no order to open liquor shops too: Joint Secretary (Home Affairs) Punya Salila Srivastava #CoronavirusLockdown pic.twitter.com/miqhRlFUPj

— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2020

She further clarified on  allowing opening of shops. Says “In rural areas,all shops,except those in shopping malls allowed to open. In urban areas,except containment zones,all standalone shops, neighbourhood shops&shops in residential complexes allowed to open”

#WATCH Joint Secy(MHA)clarifies the order on allowing opening of shops. Says “In rural areas,all shops,except those in shopping malls allowed to open. In urban areas,except containment zones,all standalone shops, neighbourhood shops&shops in residential complexes allowed to open” pic.twitter.com/mg0pwMjIjX

— ANI (@ANI) April 25, 2020