With the Center extending a nationwide lockdown for two more weeks till May 31 to halt the spread of Covid-19, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the new guidelines have significantly relaxed the restrictions and the state decides various areas Will, the idea parameters shared by the Ministry of Health.
List of activities that will be prohibited during lockdown 4:
- All domestic and international air travel of passengers, except with the permission of domestic medical services, domestic air ambulance, and MHA for security purposes or purposes.
- Metro Rail services, schools, colleges, educational / training/coaching institutes, etc. will be closed. Online/distance learning will be allowed and encouraged.
- Hotels, restaurants, and other hospitality services for stranded persons including housing health/police/government officials/health workers/tourists for running quarantine facilities and canteens at bus depots, railway stations, and airports. The restaurant will be allowed to operate the kitchen for home delivery of food items.
- All cinema halls, shopping malls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, amusement parks, theaters, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls, and similar places. Sports complexes and stadiums will be allowed to open; however, viewers will not be allowed.
- All social / political / sports / entertainment / educational / cultural / religious functions / other gatherings and large congregations.
All religious places/places of worship will be closed to the public. The religious congregation is completely banned.
List of permitted activities with restrictions excluding restriction areas:
- Inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses, including mutual consent of the state.
- Inter-state movement of passenger vehicles and buses as decided by States and Union Territories.
- Standard operating procedures for the movement of persons mentioned in Annex 1 will continue.
Containment, buffer, red, green and orange Zones:
- Keeping in view the parameters shared by the Ministry of Health, the delimitation of Red, Green and Orange zones will be decided by the respective State and Union Territory Governments.
- Within the red and orange zones, the zones and buffer zones will be demarcated by the district authorities keeping in view the guidelines of the Ministry of Health.
- In the construction zone, only necessary activities will be allowed. Strict perimeter control will be in place to ensure that there is no movement of people in or outside these areas except in medical emergencies and to maintain supplies of essential goods and services. The guidelines of the Ministry of Health will be taken into consideration for the above purpose.
- Intensive contact tracing, door-to-door monitoring, and other clinical interventions will take place in the interconnected areas as required.
Night Curfew:
The movement of persons will be completely restricted between 7 am and 7 pm, except for necessary activities. Local authorities shall issue orders and ensure compliance with appropriate provisions of the law such as prohibitory orders (curfews) under section 144 of the CrPC, throughout the area of their jurisdiction.
Protection of vulnerable persons:
- Persons over 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children under 10 years of age shall remain at home, except for essential and health purposes.
- All other activities will be permitted, except those which are specifically prohibited.
- However, in regulated areas, only necessary activities will be allowed.
Further. Depending on the assessment of the state / UT status, may prohibit certain other activities in different regions, or such restrictions may be deemed necessary.
Use of Aarogya Setu App:
- The Aarogya setu app enables early identification of the potential risk of infection, and thus serves as a shield for individuals and the community.
- For the purpose of ensuring safety in offices and workplaces, on the basis of best efforts, employers should ensure that the sanitary bridge is installed by all employees with compatible mobile phones.
- District officials can advise individuals to install the Arogya Setu app on compatible mobile phones and regularly update their health status on the app. This will facilitate the timely provision of medical attention to those individuals who are at risk.
Special instructions to ensure movement of persons and goods in certain cases:
- All States / UTs will allow inter-state and inter-state movement of medical professionals, nurses and paramedical staff, hygiene personnel, and ambulances without any restrictions.
- All States / UTs will allow inter-state movement of all types of goods/goods including empty trucks.
- No state/ut can stop the movement of any kind of goods/cargo for cross land-border trade under treaties with neighboring countries.
Penalty provisions:
*Any person violating these measures shall be liable to proceed in accordance with the provisions of sections 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, in addition to the legal action under Section 188 of the IPC and other legal provisions that apply.
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