Association representing wedding hall owners seeks dilution in night lockdown hours

Meerut: Amid the wedding season, the association representing wedding halls in the city has sought an extension till 11pm in the night lockdown hours.

Arvind Gupta, president of Meerut Mandap Association, said, “It is the wedding season and a night lockdown has been imposed. How are the banquet hall owners supposed to conduct the weddings in these circumstances? Earlier, the night lockdown used to start from 10pm. Now it has been imposed from 9pm onwards.”

Earlier a night lockdown starting 10pm was imposed in Meerut, which was later extended to 9pm starting Monday.

The Meerut Vyapaar Sangh association members met the district authorities and asked that a rebate in the night lockdown be given and permission be granted to extend the lockdown to 11pm.

The district administration has refused to take any decision on this and forwarded the application to the state government authorities.