Second wave of Covid-19 pandemic hits small businesses at the Kumbh

The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has punctured the resilience and recast the gloom all over again, especially among businessmen hoping to make a killing at the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar. 

Showing no signs of let-up, the second wave threatens to be fatal, spreading faster than the first, albeit with a lower mortality rate. This leaves smaller businesses gasping for air.

Even though Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath and Uttarakhand  CM Tirath Singh Rawat are both under pressure to impose complete lockdown to break the chain of the second surge of the novel coronavirus, Kumbh Mela has already been