Chennai: The Shopping Centres Association of India (SCAI) has made a representation to Tamilnadu Chief Minster Edappadi K Palaniswami, requesting the government to allow phased opening of shopping malls in the State.
A delegation led by Aslam Packeer, managing director, Marina Mall Chennai and S Sridharan, chairman, CREDAI, TN chapter along with representatives of Phoenix Market City, Virtuous Retail, Express Avenue and Forum Vijaya Mall Chennai met with the officials at the Chief Ministerās Office and submitted a detailed representation in this regard.
According to a press release, the representation holds significance even as the country braces itself for Lockdown 4.0 from 18 May.
“Shopping malls, unfortunately, have not found much favour from the government. In fact unlike other States, Tamilnadu has even disallowed opening of hypermarkets located in malls,” it added.