Bhubaneswar, Aug. 9 -- Tent house owners and members of catering, flower, light and sound associations staged a protest at theLower PMG in Bhubaneswar on Monday demanding relaxation of restrictions imposed on social events like marriages and thread ceremony due to the second wave of Covid-19

pandemic.

The members hit the streets with utensils loaded in vehicles and shouted slogans urging the State Government to give their livelihood back at the earliest.

"Though Covid restrictions have been relaxed to a great extent in the August guidelines, curbs on social events like marriage, sacred thread ceremony and other social functions are still continuing. It is hitting the livelihood of the people associated with tent house, catering, flower...