Time to relax lockdown in Delhi, guidelines tomorrow: Arvind Kejriwal
The Delhi government will prepare the detailed plan for Delhi based on the Centre's guidelines and announce it tomorrow, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. Taking to twitter, Kejriwal said, Centre's guidelines are largely in line with the proposal sent by Delhi govt based on suggestions of lakhs of Delhiites. We have used lockdown period to prepare our healthcare system if corona cases increase but it is now time to relax the restrictions to some extent."
The Union Home Ministry today issued a nine-page guidelines listing the dos and don'ts during the lockdown 4.0 that has been clamped in the country to cut the chain of coronavirus infection.
The guidelines came soon after the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) extended the national lockdown beyond Sunday till May-end.
It said all domestic, international air travel of passengers, except domestic air ambulance, will remain prohibited.
Metro rail services, schools, colleges will remain closed till May end, the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.
Hotels, restaurants, cinema halls, malls, swimming pools, gyms will also remain shut even as all social, political, religious functions, and places of worship will be closed till May 31, it said.
The MHA said inter-state movement of passenger vehicles, buses will be allowed with mutual consent of states involved during the COVID-19 lockdown 4.0.
States and Union Territories have been given the powers for delineation of Red, Green and Orange Zones as per COVID-19 situation.
All shops, except those in containment zones and malls, will be allowed to open from Monday with staggered timings during lockdown 4.0.
