New Delhi: The West Bengal authorities clamped a lockdown from Sunday (May 16) with the intention to put a halt to the rising COVID-19 instances.
The lockdown will likely be enforced until May 30 with a number of new measures declared by the state authorities.
The announcement got here on a day when the state reported 19,511 recent infections, which pushed the tally to 11,14,313. With 144 fatalities because of COVID-19, the very best to date in a single day, the toll stands at 13,137 on Saturday, as per the state well being division.
Here’s what is going to stay open:
1. Retail retailers, together with markets promoting greens, fruits, milk will stay open from 7 am until 10 am.
2. Sweetmeat retailers are allowed to stay open from 10 am to five pm.
3. Medical retailers and optical retailers can keep open as common.
4. Metro companies will function just for folks engaged in emergency companies.
5. Essential companies will likely be allowed to operate.
6. Bank hours have been restricted from 10 am to 2 pm.
Here’s what is going to stay closed:
1. All colleges, schools, academic establishments and Anganwadi centres will stay closed.
2. No motion of folks and automobiles will likely be allowed from 9 pm to five am.
3. All non-public and authorities workplaces will stay closed, besides these concerned in emergency and important companies.
4. Local trains, metro companies, inter state bus/prepare companies, Inland Waterways will stay shut.
5. All buying complexes, malls, bars, sports activities complexes, pubs and magnificence parlours will stay closed.
6. Intra-state items truck motion has been restricted apart from important provides.
7. Parks and zoos will stay closed.
8. All political, leisure, cultural, spiritual gathering are prohibited.
