Lockdown 3.0 Guidelines
New Delhi - The central government has extended the
nationwide lockdown for another two weeks. That is, this lockdown will continue
after May 4 and will continue till May 17. However, Lockdown-3 will be slightly
different from the first two lockdowns and it has several concessions in Green,
Orange Zone as well as Red Done.
The Government of India has taken this step
after the success of the country in the event of coronavirus infection due to
two lockdowns. The biggest thing is that many types of activities have been
exempted even in the red zone, only strict rules will be applicable to the
areas of the contention zone.
Lockdown Extended: 17 May तक जारी रहेगा लॉकडाउन | Modi Government | Home Ministry |
Many reliefs in Lockdown-3 have been extended to the
Disaster Management Act, 2005 in the country once again for two more weeks
after May 4, as per the Central Government's decision on Friday. However, in
the new guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, this time, the areas
falling in the Green and Orange zones have been given a lot of relaxation.
The
Green Zone includes those areas which till date have not had any confirmed
cases of Kovid-19 or no such confirmed cases in the last 21 days. According to
the new guidelines, the most corona-infected areas of the country have been
placed in the (red and orange zones) content zones.
That is, these areas are
where the infection is prone to spread rapidly. There will be a complete ban on
the movement of people in such areas. The supply of only medical and essential
items will continue. That is, if there is a contention zone in the Orange Zone,
then no activity will be allowed there.
Some restrictions continue as before in all zones:
In the new guidelines, some limited activities will
continue to ban the entire country as before, irrespective of the zone.
These
restrictions will be - air, rail, metro, and interstate road transport. Apart
from this, schools, colleges and other educational institutions, training /
coaching institutions, hospitality services (including hotel-restaurants) will
also be closed. Cinema halls, malls, gyms, sports complexes will also not open.
Social, political, cultural, and other types of events where crowds gather,
whether it is a religious place or public worship will remain as before.
Traffic will be allowed in limited cases by rail, air, or road, which has been
given by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The new guidelines set a deadline from 7 am to 7 pm
for those who leave their homes for non-essential tasks and the local, the administration has been asked to implement it strictly.
It is clearly stated in
the guidelines from 7 pm to 7 am in any Surat, there will be a complete ban
on leaving for non-essential works in any zone. Apart from this, the elderly
over 65, the sick, pregnant women, children under 10 years have been asked to
stay in the house, otherwise, the need is not very much.
The biggest thing is
that in these guidelines OPD services have been exempted in Red, Orange, and
Green zones. However, it will be necessary to take care of social distancing
rules and other precautions. However, these discounts will not be available in
the content zone (red or orange).
What
will be different in the Red Zone?
Rickshaws, auto-rickshaws, taxi-cabs, inter-district and
inter-state buses, barbershops, spas, and salons will also not be allowed in
areas outside the Red Zone.
Apart from this, a maximum of two people will be
allowed to walk in four-wheelers and one in two-wheelers for essential works in
the Red Zone. Industrial establishments in urban areas such as Special Economic
Zones, Export Oriented Units, Industrial Estate, and Industrial Townships are
allowed to operate with access control.
Apart from this, manufacturing units of
essential commodities like medicine, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment,
production units, IT hardware, jute industry, and packaging material industry
have been allowed on the basis of conditions. Construction will be allowed in
those areas in urban areas where there will be no need to bring laborers from
outside.
Non-essential goods shops will not open in malls, markets, and market
complexes. However, all stand-alone or stand-alone shops, nearby shops in
residential areas, and all types of shops in residential complexes will be
allowed to open. E-commerce has been allowed for essential commodities in the
Red Zone.
Private offices will have a waiver of work with 33% of the
total required workforce, with the rest working from home. Work will be done in
all government offices, in which all officers above deputy secretary will be
present and the remaining employees can be called up to 33% as per the
requirement.
However, all the necessary government services will have all the
necessary staff without interruption, and employees engaged in public delivery
will be insured. This time many more activities have been allowed in the Red
Zone.
In which industrial and construction-related activities, food processing,
works on brick kilns will be done in rural areas including MNREGA related
works. All types of shops will be open except for malls in rural areas. All types
of agricultural works have also been approved. Apart from this, most of the
financial operations in the Red Zone have been allowed as before.
Postal and
courier services are currently allowed in these areas. Apart from this, most
businesses and private institutions have been allowed to operate in the Red Zone.
These include electronic and print media, IT and IT-enabled services, data and
call centers, cold storage and warehousing, private security and facility
management, and the service that a single person employs. However, the barbershop has not been allowed to open.
What
relief is there in the Orange and Green zones?
The discounts offered in the Orange Zone, apart from the
Red Zone, includes taxi and cab services, allowing only one passenger other than
the driver.
Inter-district movement of private vehicles and individuals will
also be allowed for permitted works. Apart from the driver on four-wheelers in
the Orange Zone, two passengers and the pillion rider on two-wheelers will be
exempt.
All activities in the green zone will be exempt, except for those which
have been denied for the whole country.
However, buses in the Green Zone can
run with 50% passengers and only 50% of the employees at the bus depot will be
able to work together. Apart from this, the biggest thing is that the movement
of all types of freight, vehicles have been completely exempted and no state or
union territory will ban its movement.
May 01, 2020
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