Admn issues Unlock1.0 guidelines

Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, June 6

In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Punjab Government today issued guidelines for a phased reopening of places of worship, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services and shopping malls.

Deputy Commissioner Apneet Riyait informed that the places of worship and religious places, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services and shopping malls are allowed to open with effect from June 8. The management of these institutions would abide by the relevant standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW). In addition, the managements would also abide by the guidelines of the Punjab Government.

According to the guidelines, every person entering a shopping mall shall have COVA app on their phone. In case of a family, a single person shall have the app and the family will be permitted to enter the mall.

The maximum persons allowed in each shop in the mall shall be fixed on the basis of maintenance of six-feet distance between customers.

No more than 50 per cent of the maximum capacity shall be present inside the premises at a given time.

Each shop shall have markers to indicate social distancing.

The restaurants or Food Courts shall not operate in any of the malls except for takeaway or home-delivery.

Restaurants shall only be allowed to open for take away and home delivery till 8 pm. There would be no dine-in facility till further orders. Hotels, restaurants shall remain closed and food shall be served only in the rooms for hotel guests. Night curfew shall strictly be enforced and movement of individuals shall only be permissible from 5 am to 9 pm.

Guests would be allowed to enter and leave the hotel premises between 9 pm to 5 am based on their schedule of travel by flight or train.

Places of worship will remain open only between 5 am and 8 pm and not more 20 persons will be allowed to enter the premises at a time. There will be no distribution of prasad, food and langar.

Any violation of these guidelines and lockdown measures shall be punishable under Sections 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 besides legal action under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).