Shoppers in Gurgaon are getting used to shopping in the new normal

It has been three months since markets in Gurgaon reopened after the lockdown. For a while, a number of factors, including monsoon and inhibition kept the shoppers away but the footfall across city's markets is moving back to pre-COVID days gradually. However, shoppers do continue to maintain social distancing and adhere to guidelines about sanitisation and masks. Most markets in Gurgaon have social distancing markers in place and thermal screening at entrances.What seemed cumbersome three months ago to shoppers is now normal."Initially, it seemed like a hindrance, all the thermal screening and wearing a mask and gloves, particularly while going out shopping. To a large extent, it was just because we aren't used to it. But now, it doesn’t bother me," says Danish Khan, a Sector 3 resident.
Many shoppers say that the extensive sanitisation and thermal screening in most markets is somewhat reassuring. Ratika Khanna, a Sector 43 resident, says, "Knowing that shopkeepers are keeping places sanitised and markets have thermal screening makes me more at ease. Initially, I refused to go to the market but only after I was convinced that they were following all safety guidelines did I step out."
Golf Course Road resident Anamika Rathod sums up, "The risk exists in everything you do and will persist till a vaccine is found. We cannot be careless. In Gurgaon markets, there is thermal screening and people maintain social distancing. The markets are safe as long as you don’t crowd, which people hardly are these days."