Despite low footfall, photographers, vendors return to work at Ridge Maidan in Shimla
(WorldNews India)

Jobless for months, many people running small businesses on the Ridge Maidan in Shimla have returned to work, even though the customer footfall remains negligible. Last week, five of the 15 horse owners returned to work after a gap of around 110 days. Four photographers had started coming here in May after businesses were allowed to open, but many more have resumed work now. “Only a few visitors come for horse rides now. But we resumed our services because even the horses were feeling agitated due to such a prolonged lack of activity. The others had gone back to their villages and are not back yet,” said Ghulam Din, one of the horse owners, as a group of three tourists approached them for...