The ministry of Home affairs (MHA) on Friday extended the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the noval coronavirus by another two weeks or 14 days. This is in addition to the extended lockdown due to end on May 4 as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Directives mentioned in the order will come into effect on May 4 onwards.
Exceptions to the lockdown have been issued after considering the risk-profiling of various across the country. The MHA has also issued speued specific guidelines to regulate different economic activities during this period.
Movement of individuals for non- essential actovities will remain suapended inn all zones from 7 pm to 7 am, the order adds. The MHA has also said that persons above 65 years of age, children, pregnant woman and those with co-morbidities must stay home throughout the duration of the lockdown 3.0.
The MHA’s order said that the aarogya setu app is a must for resident of contaninment zones. It also says that no more than 20 pepole will be allowed to attend a funeral or last rites of a person. For weddings, the order says that no more than 50 people will bw allowed to attend a wedding ceremony. It has also allowed liquor shops and paan shops in green zones to reopen. The movement of domestic help in green zones has also been permitted.
According to the MHA’s order on Friday, some activities will remain prohibited despite the classification of red, orange and green zones. These include travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road, schools, colleges, training/coaching centers and other educational institutions will also remain cloded.
Hotels, restaurants, cinema halls, malls and gym will also continue to remain closed apart from places of worship.
Orange Zones:
The government has allowed certain activities in orange zones, apart from the ones permitted in red zones. Taxis and cab aggregators will be allowed to operate only with one driver and two passengers per car in orange zones.
In addition, the inter-district movement of individuals in orange zones will also be allowed for permitted activities. Four wheelers will be allowed to ply on roads with a maximum of two passengers along with pillion riding on two wheelers, the MHA’s order said.
Red Zones:
Certain activities have allowed in Red Zones which are outsite of containment zones, adds the MHA order. Movement of people or vehicles in only allowed in red zones for permitted activities. Two people have been allowed per four-wheeler (including driver) and one person (no pillion roding) per two wheeler. It identifies these activities as all industrial and construction activities in rural areas, including MNREGA work, food processing units and brick kilns. Alll agriculture activities in rural areas have also been exepted from the extended lockdown along with all shops, animal husbandry activities.
Plying of taxis, and cabs apart from cyclr rickshaws and auto rickshaws will not be parmitted in red zones apart from berber shops, spas and salons.
Green Zones:
E-commerce has also been allowed to resume petions and non essential goods in green and orange zones. SEZ and export – oriented units alog with industrial estates and industrial townships with access control have also been permitted to get back to work.
While inter state and intra state movement will continue to be restricted, buses have been allowed to operate in green zones only with 50 per cent of their capacity. The same rule will be applicable to bus depots.
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