GUWAHATI: Due to extensive testing, isolation and other restrictive measures, community spread of COVID 19 is said to have been contained to some extent and is showing encouraging downward trend which necessitates the further extension of prohibitory measures in order to contain the spread of the pandemic and avoid large scale spread of incidence of COVID 19 which is highly likely to cause loss of human lives.
In view of the same, Chief Secretary of Assam, Kumar Sanjay Krishna has issued an order with a list of activities permitted during the relaxed extended lockdown. The order will take effect from the coming Monday i.e. July 20.
The following is a list of activities permitted:
1. All shops and business establishments are allowed to operate on one side of any street on any given day and on the opposite side on alternate days between Monday and Friday and from 7 AM to 5 PM. Deputy Commissioner, in consultation with trade bodies, will determine the side of the street for opening on alternate days;
2. Whole-sellers for essential items are allowed to operate between Monday and Friday subject to one side of the street norm between 7 AM and 5 PM;
3. Whole sellers of non-essential items are allowed to operate from Monday to Friday subject to one side of the street norm between 7 AM and 5 PM;
4. Vegetables, fish, and meat whole-sellers are allowed to operate from Monday to Friday between 7 AM and 5 PM;
5. Home delivery of vegetables, meat, and fish are allowed from Monday to Saturday between 7 AM and 5 PM;
6. Courier and e-commerce activities are allowed from Monday to Friday between 7 AM and 5 PM;
7. All Industrial establishments shall be allowed to function, subject to workforce staying in the premises and outwards/ inwards movement shall not be allowed:
8. All construction activities including transportation of materials are allowed, subject to workforce remaining inside the construction sites and owner/ builder being responsible for testing for COVID and maintenance of all COVID protocols:
9. Milk, milk products and baby food are allowed to be sold on all days;
10. Restaurants and other hospitality services are allowed to function from Monday to Friday during non-curfew hours only on take away basis including online home delivery of cooked food businesses;
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11. Pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and medicine whole-sellers are allowed on both sides of the street from Monday to Friday. Pharmacies are allowed to operate on all days;
12. Animal food, veterinary medicine, and other livestock-related activities are allowed on all days;
13. Pan, guthkha & cigarette shops are not allowed to open;
14. Parlours and Salons are allowed to open for hair trimming only with street-side restriction between 7 AM and 5 PM from Monday to Friday.
15. Shopkeepers will be allowed to operate only with 50% employees and all employees including owner testing negative for COVID19 and with strict compliance of all COVID19 protocols issued by Health Department,
16. Cab aggregators, auto-rickshaws, and manual Rickshaws except e-rickshaws are allowed to operate with only two passengers at any given time with operator carrying negative test reports for COVID19. The operator is responsible for sanitizing vehicles after every trip.
17. Technical services such as plumber, electrician, carpenter, AC and other electrical and electronic equipment repairing is allowed from Monday to Friday during non-curfew hours;
18. All Central and State Government offices including Banks, Insurance Companies, NBFCs, GTAC and private offices shall operate with 30, of all workforce. Testing for COVID and maintenance of COVID protocols shall be the responsibility of the head of the office. Offices are allowed to operate without street-side restrictions;
19. All warehouses are allowed to operate from Monday to Friday between 7AM and 5 PM with the workforce remaining inside the campus and management will be responsible for testing and maintenance of protocols for COVID19. Goods carrying vehicles are allowed on all days;
20. Telecommunications, internet services. broadcasting and cable services. IT and IT-enabled services to continue;
21. Power generation, transmission and distribution units, and services shall continue with persons with specifically assigned duties being allowed to come out;
22. Private vehicles, both four and two-wheelers are strictly barred from coming on to street except for medical emergency and official duty;
23. Street and footpath vending of any sort is not allowed;
24. All designated GMC market shall remain closed;
25. Malls, cinema halls, gymnasiums, yoga centres and all places of public gathering shall remain closed;
26. All shopkeepers, employees, delivery persons, technical repair personnel and any person corning in close contact with members of the public must get themselves tested for COVID19 and must carry test result on their person at all times;
27. Movement of individuals shall remain strictly prohibited between 6 PM (1800Hrs) and 6AM (0600 Hrs). No movement of individuals shall be allowed on Saturday and Sunday at any time; all permissions/ passes issued earlier stand cancelled.
Fresh permissions /passes shall have to be obtained from competent authorities.
No pass will be required for day-long movement of suppliers of vegetable from outside the district to deliver fruits, vegetables, other essential perishable goods and construction material in Kamrup Metropolitan from other districts and for supply of essential goods to Kamrup Metro and to other districts and other states; All other activities other than specified as exempted above shall remain prohibited in the entire area until further orders.
Wearing of face cover is compulsory in public places, in workplaces, and during transport, etc, violation of which will attract a fine of Rs. 1000/- for the first offense.
The Commissioner of Police, Guwahati / District Magistrate, Kamrup Metropolitan shall very strictly enforce the above measures without any dilution.
Any person violating these measures will be liable to be proceeded against as per the provisions of Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Section 188 of the IPC, and other legal provisions as applicable.
