Kota, a reputed hub of coaching for competitive entrance exams, is tottering as students have gone back home and ancillary businesses catering to them have had to shut shop.
Barely 30-40 per cent of the MSME units in industrial clusters in and around the pink city are functional, and working to less than half their capacity. Lack of any monetary relief is their main grievance.
With hotspots and containment zones on the rise across the country, how Bhilwara, the first such hotspot, handled the situation deserves to be highlighted.
