It’s festival time in Hyderabad. Even though today is Sunday, shehar Hyderabad and Old city are brimming with activity.
We could see kids coming out on cycles onto the roads. After being locked up in their homes for the last two months, people are way too excited to enjoy the freedom.
All the markets are full of stocks as they can run the shops till 10 Pm in the nights. All kinds of shops were kept open today as people would come out on Sunday for the shopping.
But the people are also aware that the pandemic is far from over. As all experts are predicting, a third wave is likely, and I believe it is necessary that we all follow rules and maintain Covid appropriate behaviour.
The city’s hotels and restaurants have been running in losses for quite some time. Taking only online orders, with almost no customers walking in, the hotel industry was one of the worst-hit during the pandemic.
However, with customers coming in for breakfast, it is likely that owners will be calling back full staff to run the operations seamlessly.
Thousands of people, especially the roadside traders, were in deep crisis due to the lockdown. Now they are restarting the business in a small way.
