Maharashtra Government Imposes Weekend Lockdown Till 30Th April Amid Rising Cases of Covid-19 In The State
Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government announced a weekend lockdown and night curfew on weekdays till 30th April to contain the spread of coronavirus. The decision came after a special meeting of the council of ministers chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday.
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The state government has also released the list of restrictions to be put in place for different industries:
Private Transport
- Private vehicles (including private buses) can ply normally from 7 AM-8 PM (Monday to Friday).
- For the rest of the period, private vehicles (including private buses) can move for the purpose of emergency or essential services.
- Private buses have to ply with seating capacity with no standing passenger.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378955144939724803
Offices
- All private offices will remain closed except private banks, telecom service providers, BSE/NSE, mediclaim companies.
- Government offices to function with 50% capacities except the departments working for Covid-19 pandemic
- All government companies related to electricity, water, and banking will operate with full capacity, but meetings with any other government office must be conducted online.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378955005823119362
Recreation and entertainment industry
- Cinema halls, drama theatres, and auditoriums shall remain closed.
- Amusement parks, water parks, video game parlours to remain closed.
- Shooting of scenes with a large number of artists must be avoided.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378955178511015939
Restaurants and Hotels
- All restaurants and bars to remain closed.
- Take away orders and home delivery services to be allowed between 7 AM to 8 AM (Monday to Friday). On weekends, only home delivery services shall be allowed between 7 AM to 8 AM.
- Without negative RT PCR certificate/ without vaccination post 10th April, a fine of Rs 1000 will be levied on the offender and Rs. 10,000 will be levied on the establishment.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378955310262411269
Religious spaces, shops, Spa, Salon and Newspapers
- Religious spaces of worship to remain closed.
- Barber shops/spa’s/salons’ and beauty parlours to remain closed.
- Newspapers can be printed and circulated; home-delivery allowed between 7 AM to 8 PM on all days.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378955327752732673
Schools and colleges
- School and colleges to remain closed.
- Rules relaxed for 10th and 12th students due to their exams.
- All kinds of private coaching classes to remain closed.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956348923125764
Religious, social and political events
- No kind of religious/social/cultural/political functions will be allowed.
- Marriages to be allowed with a maximum of 50 people present.
- Funerals to be allowed with a maximum of 20 people present
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956422805811202
Roadside vendors
- No eating at the location will be allowed.
- Waiting customers must follow social distancing norms.
- Local authority to keep a close watch over such places.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956457517875202
Manufacturing sector
- Factories and manufacturing units shall scan the body temperature of labours pre-entry.
- If any worker is found to be covid-19 positive, unit to be closed until completely sanitised.
- Common toilet facilities to be sanitised regularly.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956491097473026
Oxygen producers and E-commerce industry
- All industrial producers of oxygen shall reserve 80% of their production for medical or pharmaceutical purposes.
- Everyone engaged in the e-commerce industry must be vaccinated at the earliest.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956517802532865
Cooperative housing societies
- Any cooperative housing society with more than 5 active corona positive cases will be treated as a micro containment zone.
- All restrictions of micro containment zone shall be monitored by the society.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956961975214081
Construction activity
- Construction activities only allowed at sites where labourers are living on the site.
- Defaulters will attract a fine of Rs 10000/- and repeated defaults may lead to closure of the site till existence of notification of covid-19 pandemic.
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https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1378956984112738305
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