With Mumbai’s test positivity rate (TPR) for the past week being around 1.76 per cent and the oxygenated bed occupancy at around 18.97 per cent, the BMC has allowed some relaxation but malls and restaurants have again been left out. This has led to criticism from all corners, with restaurateurs demanding compensation.

Restaurant associations and restaurateurs have taken to social media to make the government hear their side. According to them, Maharashtra’s restaurants have been shut for 258 days out of the 497 days since the first lockdown, and there has been no relief yet. Mall owners are angry as they have not been allowed to open despite the go-ahead from the state government.