New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs announced more relaxations for the extended lockdown on Saturday.
In the third phase of the lockdown which is set to begin from Monday, the home ministry has allowed salons and liquor shops to open. However, according to the central government, states and UTs may put restrictions on the permitted activities, based on their assessment required to contain COVID-19.
The MHA on Friday, while extending the lockdown for two more weeks, till May 17, lifted many restrictions in green and orange zones.
Classifications of districts into 'Red', 'Orange' and 'Green' zones is done based on the basis of COVID-19 risk profiling.
A district will be considered as a 'Green' zone if there are no confirmed cases so far or there is no reported case for the past 21 days.
According to the health ministry, as on Friday, there were 130 'Red' zones in the country. The number of 'Orange' Zone was 284 and 'Green' was 319.
Here's a complete list of what is allowed and what is not allowed according to the latest guidelines (states and UTs may put restrictions):
Not allowed in all zones
• Travel by road (inter-state), rail and air and metro
• Educational, training institutions like schools, colleges, coaching centre
• Hospitality services, including hotels and restaurants
• Places of large gatherings like gym, theatres, malls, bars, religious, social and political gatherings
• Movement of people between 7pm and 7am for non-essential activities
Containment areas of a red zone
Every activity, except movement of persons for supply of essential goods and services and for medical emergencies, OPDs and medical clinics, will remain prohibited in containment areas of a red zone.
Outside containment areas of a red zone, plying of rickshaw, taxi, buses, barber shops and spas remain prohibited.
RED ZONE
What is allowed in urban areas (with restrictions):-
• Movement of people and vehicles for permitted activities
•Industrial establishments in urban areas like SEZs
Manufacturing of essential goods like drugs, medical devices etc. and their supply chain
•Manufacturing of IT hardware
•Jute industry
•Construction (if workers residing on site).
• Standalone shops, shops in neighbourhood and residential complexes (essential and non-essential items)
• E-commerce activities for essential goods
• Private offices with 33 per cent strength
• Operations of homes for senior citizens, children, destitutes etc.
• Government offices and emergency, health, sanitation and security services are also allowed outside containment areas of red zones.
In rural areas:-
• All industrial and construction activities
• All shops, except in shopping malls
• All agriculture, animal husbandry and plantation activities
• Health services
• Financial sector including banks, NBFCs etc.
• Public utilities
• Courier and postal services
• Print, electronic media
• IT, ITeS, warehouses services by self employed persons except barbers
ORANGE ZONE
What is prohibited:
• Inter and intra-districts plying of buses, except those permitted by the MHA.
• Sale of non-essential items by e-commerce platforms
Permitted activities:
• All activities permitted in red zone (outside containment zone)
• Taxi (driver with 2 passengers only)
• Inter-district movement of people and vehicles for permitted activities, 4 wheelers with 2 passengers with driver, pillion riding on 2 wheelers.
GREEN ZONE
• All activities allowed except those prohibited throughout the country.
• Buses and bus depots can operate with 50 per cent capacity.
• No restrictions on sale of non-essential items by e-commerce platforms
Liquor shops
Sale of liquor is allowed in green, orange and red zones, which is not under containment.
Liquor sale is allowed in green, orange and red zones if it is a standalone shop and not located in markets or malls in red zone.
In liquor shops, customers will have to maintain minimum six feet distance (2 gaz ki doori) from each other, and also ensure that not more than five persons are present at one time at the shop.
The exemptions will be effective from May 4 when the third phase of the lockdown will begin.
Domestic workers
On allowing domestic maids to work in red zones, a home ministry official said the RWAs should take a call regarding allowing the movement of outsiders. But health protocols have to be maintained by domestic helps as well as employers, and the responsibility lies with the person who employs maids in case of any mishappening.
