Marriage Halls Association Sunday appealed to the government to allow reopening of marriage halls and marquees under the implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
President Marriage Halls Association Rana Raees Ahmed said that due to coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, the business of marriage halls has come to a standstill. He said that owners of marriage halls are facing very difficult times and there is increasing anxiety among them.
He said that with the closure of the halls, several people have lost their jobs, with 50 percent of the industries being affected. Stressing that with the closure of marriage halls, the trend of marriages in homes has increased, Ahmed said that the marriage halls should be allowed to resume business under SOPs as the preventive measures could be better implemented in marriage halls than at homes where keeping a check and balance would be difficult.
The Marriage Hall Association has prepared a model banquet under SOPs under which chairs will be placed at a distance from the halls, disinfection gate will be installed at the main gate and guests will be served food on the table, he said.
Ahmed assured that in any case of transgression of the issued laws, the association will take adequate action against the violators.
