Visakhapatnam: Gyms might reopen with new timings

Visakhapatnam: Members of the Visakha District Gym Owners’ Union (VDGOU) are hopeful that gyms will reopen from June 1 under restricted timings.

Representatives of the union met state tourism minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao (Avanthi) and MP MVV Satyanarayana and requested permission to reopen gyms, which have been closed since March 25 following the imposition of the lockdown .

Speaking to TOI, president of VDGOU K Ganesh said, “We were trying to meet the district collector since last week with our request but did not get an appointment. Therefore, we handed over our application to the minister today. The minister said they are looking into it and it is likely from June 1, we would be able to function but timings will have to be restricted to 12 hours from 6 am to 6 pm and not beyond that. Besides, we will be following the standard safety norms like sanitising, disinfecting, maintaining social distance.”