The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided that shops on busy roads across the city will be open only on alternate days till March 31, in an attempt to reduce crowds to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. The selection of roads and the week days the shops will function, has been done at ward officer level, and shops for essential goods such as grocery, vegetables, fish and medicine have been excluded from the list.

The Market Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also issued an order to close all non-essential shops in its markets till the month end. All the 92 markets of the BMC with around 17,000 shops also will be closed till March 31, as per the order from the Market Department of the civic corporation. Citizens will face minimum inconvenience because of this.