Small businesses irked by AMC orders

AURANGABAD: As the civic body has made it compulsory for all establishments to keep thermal gun and pulse oximeter ,

many small businesses

, which have undergone a rough time financially due to the lockdown, find it difficult to spare Rs 4,000 to 5,000 for the equipment

A spectacle shop operator in Cidco N-7, said, “There has been no business for the last two and a half months. The compliance of the new guidelines issued by the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation means additional expenditure..” A grocery store owner in Cidco N-6 said, “What if a person fails to meet the parameters of blood oxygen level and temperature. Customers will not come to us because we report them to AMC,”

Municipal commissioner Astik Kumar Pandey said that in order to reduce Covid-19 fatalities in city a 4-layer strategy is planned.

“Under the plan, we have appealed to the citizens to buy thermal gun and pulse oximeters to regularly screen their family members and upload their status on Majhi Health

Majha Haathi

(MHMH),

mobile application

. Secondly, we have deployed 1,500 mobile fever clinics to undertake door-to-door screening and upload data on

MHMH

. Thirdly, NGOs and public representatives have been asked to deploy their booth level workers to carry out door-to-door screening and fourthly, the establishments are asked to do the screening,” Pandey said.