Coimbatore: Selective relaxation has been issued for non-containment areas from Monday during the lockdown, but strict restrictions will continue in districts declared Covid-19 hotspots, the government said on Sunday.
Coimbatore: Selective relaxation has been issued for non-containment areas from Monday during the lockdown, but strict restrictions will continue in districts declared Covid-19 hotspots like Coimbatore and Tirupur, the government said on Sunday. Please be advised these relaxations are not for districts like Coimbatore and Tirupur Which are declared as Hotspots but for other districts which have less or no cases.
What is allowed from today:
* All health services, including AYUSH
* Select commercial and private establishments
*Movement of migrant labourers within a state allowed
* Supply of essential goods
* IT and IT enabled Services, with up to 50% strength
* Industries operating in rural areas
* Shops such as kirana stores without restrictions on time
* Print and electronic media including broadcasting, DTH and cable services.
* Services provided by self-employed people such as electricians, IT repairs, plumbers, motor mechanics. and carpenters
* All agricultural and horticultural activities
* Operations of the fishing (marine/inland), aquaculture industry
* Plantation activities such as tea, coffee and rubber plantations (Max 50% of workers allowed)
* Animal husbandry
* Financial sector such as banks
* Social sector
* MNREGA works
* Public utilities
* Movement of loading and unloading of goods/cargo (inter and intra) state
* Select industries/industrial establishments (both government and private)
* Select construction activities
* Private vehicles for emergency services, including medical and veterinary care and for procuring essential commodities
* People travelling to place of work in exempted categories
* Offices of the government of India and offices of the State and the UT governments
What will remain prohibited:
* All passenger movement by trains, except for security purposes
* Buses for public transport
* Delivery of non-essential items by e-commerce companies
* Metro rail services
* Inter—district and inter-State movement of individuals except for medical reasons or for activities permitted under guidelines
* All educational, training, coaching institutions etc
* All industrial and commercial activities other than those permitted
* Hospitality services other than those specifically permitted under guidelines.
* Taxis (including auto rickshaws and cycle rickshaws) and services of cab aggregators.
* Cinema halls, malls, shopping complexes, gymnasiums, sports complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places
* All social/political/sports/entertainment/academic/cultural/religious/functions and other gatherings.
* All religious places
* In case of funerals, congregation of more than twenty people will not be permitted
Here are the full home ministry guidelines on lockdown dated April 15. In a fresh order issued today, the government has excluded e-commerce delivery of non-essential items from the exempted category.