Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Updated
Mangaluru, May 3: In some relief for people in Dakshina Kannada, the lockdown will be relaxed from 7 am to 7 pm from Monday May 4.
District in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary on Sunday May 3 said that people will be allowed to go out to procure essential items or for any other important work during daytime.
He however urged the people to exercise great caution and follow social distancing. Wearing mask is mandatory. Any person not wearing mask or a cloth covering nose and mouth will be fined.
Stand-alone shops will be allowed to function during the relief hours. Malls, salons, beauty parlours, cloth/apparel stores, bars and restaurants, dental clinics, gyms, educational institutions and religious centres and other places where people gather in big numbers will remain closed. E-commerce activities for essential goods will be allowed.
Wine shops will remain open from 9 am to 7 pm, but only for take-aways.
No pass would be required to go out during the relief hours. But permission and pass would be required if people need to travel outside Dakshina Kannada. Buses will not ply, however, auto rickshaws, cars and two-wheelers will be allowed for permitted activities but with restrictions on number of passengers. While two persons besides driver can travel in four-wheelers and auto rickshaw, no pillion rider will be allowed on two-wheelers.
Industrial establishments in urban areas such as SEZ and export oriented units will be allowed in non-containment zones. All industrial activities will be allowed in rural areas.
Other industrial activities like manufacturing units of essential goods, including drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw material and intermediates; production units, which require continuous process, and their supply chain; manufacturing of IT hardware, jute industry with staggered shifts and social distaricmg and manufacturing of packaging material will be allowed.
Construction activities in urban areas limited to in-site construction (where workers are available on site and no workers are required to be brought in from outside) and construction of renewable energy projects will be allowed. All construction activities in rural areas, including
MNREGA works, food processing units and brick-kilns will also function.
Also, private offices can resume work with 33 percent staff, and the rest working from home.
The lockdown relaxation will not be applicable to containment zones.