Computer repair shops find few customers

Ambika Sharma

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Tribune News Service

Solan, May 25

With little succour having been provided to the marginalised youth pursuing small ventures, they are now facing the worst economic hardships.

Among them is Dalip Singh, who runs a small computer repair shop at Rabon in Solan. He is having a tough time making both ends meet. “I have not earned a single penny since the lockdown. Though computer repair shops are operational now, there are no customers,” he says.

“I have no money to pay salary to my two workers and the monthly rent of Rs 5,000. If the situation doesn’t improve, I will have to shut my shop,” he rued.

Having done a computer hardware course after Class XII, Dalip had been earning Rs 18,000 per month for the last nearly three years. He had left a private job to open his own venture in the hope of improving his prospects and was undertaking computer repair work in commercial establishments and educational institutes.

With the business in the private sector coming to a naught, his work has also come to a standstill. “No customer has come to my shop in the last two days,” he said.

He says their four to five bigha was the only saving grace, where they are growing vegetables such as beans, capsicum, etc, for their needs. “The land has also helped my two employees to sustain during these hard times”, he said.

Though the district administration has permitted all shops to open twice a week on fixed days, the availability of work is at the lowest ebb.