The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration on Sunday issued a set of new guidelines for relaxation in COVID curfew from June 7, Monday. Even as the fresh phase of unlocking will begin in Noida from tomorrow, the district will remain under complete lockdown on weekends post 7 PM.
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1. Shops and markets outside containment zones will be allowed to remain open from 7 am to 7 pm from Monday to Friday.
2. Vegetable markets located in densely populated areas will function in open places.
3. Only home delivery from restaurants will be allowed.
4. Street hawkers and vendors with Covid appropriate behaviour and distancing will be allowed to carry out their work.
5. There will be a complete curfew on weekends after Friday 7 PM. Over the weekend cleanliness, sanitisation and fogging campaigns will be carried out.
6. Not more than 5 devotees will be allowed inside a religious place at a time.
7. A maximum of 20 people will be allowed at a funeral procession while only 25 members will be allowed in a wedding function subject to social distancing and sanitisation.
8. While there would be full attendance for the frontline workers, for the rest of the government employees, there would be 50 percent attendance on rotation.
9. A Covid help desk must be established at all offices.
10. The private sector has been asked to encourage the employees to work from home. No employee will be allowed to the offices with symptoms. Setting up of a Covid help desk has been made mandatory.
11. Industrial units will stay open following Covid appropriate guidelines with mandatory Covid help desk.
12. Screening of passengers to be done as per appropriate guidelines.
13. 2 Passengers will be allowed in 3 wheelers, 3 in e-rickshaw, and 4 in 4 wheelers all subject to propers distancing and wearing of masks.
14. Schools, colleges, and educational institutes will remain closed. Online classes have been aked to continue for students.
15. In addition coaching centres, cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, clubs and shopping malls will also remain closed.
Notably, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday lifted restrictions from all 75 districts barring three — Meerut, Gorakhpur, and Saharanpur — where active cases still hovering over 600-mark.