The West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to allow sweet shops to operate during the lockdown period.
As per news agency ANI, the sweet shops in West Bengal will remain open for four hours a day during the coronavirus lockdown period. "Sweetmeat shops/mithai shops may remain open during the (lockdown) period from 12 noon to 4 pm each day with the minimum number of staff only for take away and packed items," a government order said.
This came days after the apex body of sweetmeat outlets flagged concerns over wastage of milk and jobless staff. The ubiquitous 'rosogolla', 'sondesh', 'misti doi' have been off the platters of the sweet-toothed Bengalis during the unprecedented lockdown over the coronavirus threat.
After West Bengal government announced that sweet shops will remain, netizens took to Twitter and they have been expressing their views in the way they know best: by posting about it on social media. The tweets that have been doing the rounds are hilarious.
Here's what Twitterati had to say:
A 47-year-old woman infected with the coronavirus died at a hospital in West Bengal's Howrah district, taking COVID-19 death toll in the state to three.
Meanwhile, four new cases of coronavirus have been reported in West Bengal, taking the count to 26. Two men from the city- one from Salt Lake and another from Tollygunge area- tested positive for COVID-19, and are undergoing treatment at two separate private hospitals.
As on March 30, 9.30 p.m., according to the health ministry there were 1,117 positive cases, 32 deaths and 101 patients have been discharged.
