In Gujarat, the guidelines for Lockdown 4 will be enforced from today. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani yesterday announced the new guidelines for the state which are based on containment and non-containment zones.
Only essential services will be permitted in containment zones and movement of people including government officials is restricted from containment zones whereas resumption of shops and offices, industries and the transport was announced for areas outside the containment zone. Market area, shopping complexes in the non-containment zones will be resumed based on an odd-even formula of their shop numbers which also include textiles markets of Surat.
As far as non-containment zones are concerned, Auto Rickshaw services, with not more than 2 passengers, will be resumed across the state except for Ahmedabad and Surat. S.T buses will resume in the whole state except for Ahmedabad City. Private cars, cabs, taxis have also been allowed to resume services with limited seats except for Eastern Ahmedabad. Shops can be opened from 8 am to 4 pm in all non-containment zones. Paan shops will also resume outside containment zones.
However, they shall only provide take away orders. Hair salon, beauty parlours, barbershops will also resume in accordance with safety protocols. Restaurants were allowed to provide home deliveries only provided their staff has a health card issued by the authorities. Private offices with 33% staff to resume except for East Ahmedabad. Diamond units, weaving units and power looms will also resume business with 50% staff and adequate safety measures. No relaxations have been granted for Eastern Ahmedabad.
Meanwhile, the number of positive cases in the state rose to 11, 746 with 366 fresh cases reported yesterday.
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