Shops servicing mobile phones and selling their accessories and spares will remain shut till August 2.
The decision to close the 400-plus shops that function out of the lanes branching off Cross Cut Road and 100 Feet Road in Gandhipuram was taken at a meeting the Coimbatore Corporation, Coimbatore City Police and district administration officials had with the representatives of the shop owners’ association.
The move was aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19 as the lanes housing the shops saw thousands of customers and an equal number of employees criss-cross the area. It was also because the area had seen a few positive cases in the recent past, said sources.
