India will now be under lockdown till May 17; all 733 districts split into red, orange and green zones; new guidelines out based on this classification
The new classification is based on number of cases, the doubling rate, and the extent of testing and surveillance. It determines the kind of restrictions and will be revised every week
RED ZONE: Very high tally and doubling rate, ergo, a hotspot
GREEN ZONE: No case at all or none in the last 21 days. All activities allowed in these, except those barred throughout the country
ORANGE ZONE: Whose number is between the other two zones
Maharashtra has 14 districts in red zone, 16 in orange zone and 6 in green zone. Mumbai is in the red zone
What’s shut in all zones
Air, rail, Metro and inter-state road travel, except for select purposes and for those permitted by the ministry of home affairs
Schools, colleges and other educational, training, coaching institutions
Hospitality services, including hotels and restaurants
Cinema halls, malls, gyms, sports complexes
Social, political, cultural gatherings
Places of worship
No non-essential activity from 7 pm-7 am. Section 144 of the CrPC (prohibiting large gatherings) to be enforced
No person aged above 65 and/or with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children aged below 10 to step out unless for essential requirement
Aarogya Setu must in containment zones
Containment zones, which are the most sensitive areas of the country’ with significant risk of spread of infection, fall within red and orange zones. They will be defined by the respective district administrations, taking into account the total number of active cases, their geographical spread, and the need to have well-demarcated perimeters from the enforcement point of view. Authorities will have to ensure 100 per cent coverage of Aarogya Setu app among residents.
Where red zones stand
Barred
Barber shops, spas
Intra- and inter-district operation of buses
Autorickshaws, cycle rickshaws, taxis, cabs run by aggregators
Allowed
Movement of individuals and vehicles only for permitted activities, with a maximum of 2 persons (besides the driver) in four-wheelers, and with no pillion rider on two-wheelers
Operation of industrial establishments in urban areas
Manufacturing units of essential goods, like drugs, medical devices, their raw material and intermediates; production units and their supply chain; manufacturing of IT hardware; jute industry; manufacturing units of packaging material
General stores, without any distinction of essential and nonessential (barring those in malls)
Construction activities in urban areas provided workers are available on site and none of them has to be brought in from outside
Construction of renewable energy projects
All industrial and construction activity in rural areas, including MNREGA works, food-processing units and brick kilns
All agricultural activities: sowing, harvesting, procurement and marketing operations
Animal husbandry activities, including fishery
All plantation activities are allowed, including their processing and marketing.
All health services
Financial institutions
Homes for children, senior citizens, destitutes, women and widows
Anganwadis
Public utilities in power, water, sanitation, waste management, telecommunication and internet
Courier and postal services
Online shopping only for essential goods
Private offices with maximum 33 per cent strength
Print and electronic media, IT and IT-enabled services, data and call centres, cold storage and warehousing services, private security and facility management services, and services provided by self-employed persons
Standalone liquor stores—along with paan-beedi shops—will be allowed to open only in orange and green zones, and rural areas. A maximum of five persons at a time will be allowed in and they will have to maintain a distance of 6 ft from each another. A final decision on opening liquor shops will be taken by the district administration keeping in view the prevailing circumstances. State Excise Commissioner Kantilal Umap said a decision on keeping them open in green and orange zones will be taken on May 4.
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