GUWAHATI: The Assam government today decided to allow opening of standalone shops in rural areas in non-red zones of the state from tomorrow.
Effectively and importantly, Guwahati is to maintain status quo and no fresh shops will be allowed to reopen until the entire period of lockdown 2.0 till 3rd May.
A Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, decided to permit standalone shops in green and orange zones (except in containment areas) to open from tomorrow.
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However, no shops within 5 km radius of border of red zone will be allowed to open, senior Cabinet minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said, briefing reporters on the cabinet decisions.
He added that the lockdown will be in strict implementation in red zones, and for urban areas, a decision will be taken after May 3.
Five districts of the state – Dhubri, Goalpara, Nalbari, Morigaon and Golaghat continue to be red zones.
Further, the Cabinet decided to allow conditional inter-district movement of people till May 2, Patowary added.
Altogether 35 positive cases of COVID 19 have been detected in the state so far, out of which 27 have recovered and one patient died due to complications caused by the infection. Except one case, the rest 34 are linked to Nizamuddin area of Delhi.