90% INDUSTRIES STAY SHUT

CHANDIGARH : Nearly 90% of the units in the city’s twin industrial areas remained closed on Monday.

“Even though the UT order didn’t mention the odd-even formula, on Monday police were asking industrial units with odd address number to close down,” said Pankaj Khanna, president of the local industries association. “

This created a lot of confusion and many owners decided to keep their factories shut,” he said.

Also, movement back to Panchkula and Mohali was a big issue for industrialists coming from these cities to Chandigarh. “A common plan of movement is a must for the tricity, so that it does not discourage people from entering Chandigarh,” said Naveen Manglani, president, Chamber of Chandigarh Industries.