Bengaluru: Reeling underneath the second COVID-19 wave, the Karnataka authorities has introduced stringent pointers for the 14-day lockdown which being from Tuesday night time until May 12 morning.
“These guidelines, which are meant to break the chain of Covid-19 transmission across the state, will come into effect from 9 PM on April 27 and will be in force till 6 AM on May 12,” Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar mentioned in an order.
The determination to impose the lockdown with exemptions for important providers, transport of products and scheduled journey by prepare or airplane was taken at a state cupboard assembly on Monday.
Here are some necessary issues you ought to know
-Movement of individuals and public transportation in buses, taxis, autos and metro rail shall be banned every day besides from 6 AM to 10 AM whereas markets and retailers promoting important wants like milk, groceries, eggs, fish, meat, greens and fruits are allowed to operate.
-Liquor retailers or retailers can even stay open from 6 AM -10 AM. Home supply of liquor or meals parcels shall be allowed to minimise motion of people outdoors their properties.
-Schools, faculties, cinema theatres, malls, gyms, resorts, eating places, bars, pubs, golf equipment and non-essential retailers will stay shut in the course of the 14-day lockdown. Hotels, eating places and eateries are permitted to function solely kitchens for take-away or dwelling supply of meals gadgets. Service shall be allowed of their premises. Students showing for scheduled exams shall be allowed to journey in their very own or personal autos with their corridor ticket as cross to commute.
-Citizens taking Covid take a look at or vaccination can even be allowed to journey to the closest designated centres of their metropolis or city. Emergency journey for well being causes or out of the station by prepare or airplane can rent a cab or auto to and from railway station or airport with ticket as cross.
-Banks, ATMs, insurance coverage places of work, e-commerce corporations, services within the provide chain of important items, chilly storage and warehousing are allowed to function in the course of the fortnight shutdown.
-Stadia and playground are allowed for organising sports activities occasions and follow with out spectators. All social, political, leisure, cultural, spiritual features, gatherings or congregations are banned. Religious locations or locations of worship will stay closed for public.
-Offices of the state authorities, its autonomous our bodies, companies can operate outdoors containment zones. Courts and places of work associated to judicial work shall function as per the rules issued by the Karnataka High Court. All different places of work shall encourage their workers to work from dwelling. Agriculture and associated actions are allowed outdoors the containment zone.
-Facilities within the provide chain of important items shall be allowed to function as per Covid norms. Only important workers of IT and IT-enabled providers corporations shall be allowed to work from the workplace whereas the remaining workers will work from dwelling.
-All industries and manufacturing models, besides these associated to clothes manufacturing, are permitted to function as per Covid applicable behaviour. Construction actions shall be allowed to function outdoors containment zones. Marriages are permitted with solely 50 folks. Cremations or funerals are additionally allowed to have 5 folks.
