Mumbai-s salon and beauty parlour owners will be seen sporting black bands on their arms and sitting outside their establishments in protest against the government-s move to not allow them to resume work as part of Mission Begin Again. The business owners say they have suffered a lot in the over two months of lockdown and can-t afford any more losses.

Prakash Chavhan, secretary of the Mumbai chapter of Salon & Beauty Parlour Association of India said, "It is high time that the government allowed us to work. Lakhs of salon- and parlour-owners have suffered during the lockdown. It-s disheartening to see everyone resuming business while we can-t. We don-t have big savings or huge deposits to fight with such losses. The government must consider allowing us to reopen, otherwise, we have no option but to protest."