New Delhi The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued guidelines for ‘Unlock 3.0’, which will come into effect from August 1. As per the guidelines, movement of people during the night has been banned and yoga institutions and gymnasiums have been allowed to open from August 5.
International air travel is limited under the Vande Bharat Mission. After this, air travel will be started in a phased manner.
All activities will be permitted in areas outside the Containment Zone except educational institutions, cinema halls, swimming pools, amusement parks, theaters, bars, auditoriums and assembly halls.
Metro and large circles continue to be banned.
The Home Ministry said, “Dates may be set separately for resuming the above activities and necessary SOPs will be issued to ensure social distance and spread of Kovid-19.”
Permission has been granted to organize Independence Day programs at the national, state, district, sub-divisional, municipal and panchayat levels as well as households. During this time social security standards and other health protocols have to be followed.
There will be no restriction on the inter-state movement of people and goods for trade under treaties with neighboring countries. No separate permission, approval or e-permit will be required for these.
The ministry says that the process of movement of passenger and labor special trains, domestic passenger air travel, transportation of stranded Indians outside the country, etc. will remain as per the SOP issued.
Along with this, people above 65 years of age, pregnant women and children below 10 years have been advised to stay home except for very necessary and health reasons.
The lockdown will remain in force till 31 August in the Containment Zone. Only necessary activities will be allowed in such zones. Barring medical emergencies and supply of essential goods and services, strict action will be taken to prevent movement of people in or out of these areas.
The activities in such areas will be strictly monitored by the officials of the States and Union Territories and the guidelines on prevention measures will be strictly implemented in these areas.
Buffer zones can also be identified outside the zones in states and union territories, where new cases are likely to come up. Restrictions may be placed by district officials as required within the buffer zone.
As per the guidelines, any person violating these measures will be liable as per the provisions of Section 51-60 of the Disaster Management Act 2005 in addition to the legal action under Section 188 and other provisions of the IPC.
The announcement comes at a time when more than 1.5 million coronavirus cases have been reported in the country and around 50,000 cases of infections are reported daily.
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