Salons and barber shops reopen, but confusion reigns

New Delhi: Amid confusion about whether salons were allowed to open under the new guidelines, a few barber shops and salons reopened in Delhi on Monday. Salon owners said they received several calls from clients regarding safety measures and to fix appointments on day 1.

Ankit Mundra, owner of Looks at Connaught Place, said: “We started sending messages to our regular clients as soon as the reopening of salons from Monday was announced. However, compared with last year, when people were more apprehensive and keen to know the safety measures adopted by us, the number of queries is less this time. All our staff wear PPE kits and sanitisation is done after every use.”

Nearly half of our staff are vaccinated and the rest, who migrated to their hometown and have now returned, are likely to get inoculated by June-end, stated Mundra.

Looks and Geetanjali outlets in Connaught Place and Khan Markets were found to be open, while Jawed Habib’s outlet in Sarojini Nagar was closed. Most of the barber shops have resumed operations.

Md Saleem, who runs two salon shops near JNU and Munirka, said that he kept both the shops closed on the first day as a precautionary measure. We will open the outlets from Tuesday for cleaning and other preparations, he added.

At Galaxy Salon outlet, staff were seen wearing PPE kits and tools were being sanitised after each customer’s turn. “We are using protective separator screens and leaving seats in between to maintain social distancing,” a staff member said.

The customers were happy to get a haircut from their trusted salons/barber shops after a long time. “I was waiting for my haircut and facial for a long time. The first thing in the morning I did was to call my salon and confirm whether they are open or not. I initially thought of calling someone home through online service providers but I was not sure if they would have the kind of products available which are used at my salon,” said Sakshi Kapoor, a resident of Nirman Vihar.


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