India coronavirus cases have crossed 2.66 lakh mark taking confirmed patients toll to 2,66,598 including 1,29,917 active cases, 1,29,215 recovered and 7,466 deaths, according to the health ministry's figures released on Tuesday.
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal on Sunday had urged the government to review its guidelines prohibiting the offering of 'prasad' and langar at places of worship.
The religious places all over the country were locked in order to curb the further spread of novel coronavirus. As a part of the 'Unlock 1.0,' various temples, gurudwaras, mosques, and churches opened their doors for the public after nearly two and a half months. These places followed the guidelines issued by the Health Ministry to control the spread of the highly viral disease. Take a look at how devotees offered their prayer on Monday.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered prayers at Gorakhnath Temple on June 08. Government has allowed re-opening of places of worship from today.
As lockdown has further relaxed on Monday (June 8, today) as religious places, restaurants, malls, hotels reopened, Mumbai witnessed heavy traffic on roads. Thousands of vehicles were witnessed on Mumbai's Western Expressway as relaxed lockdown norms were implemented across the country.
Ram temple construction in Ayodhya is all set to begin from Wednesday (June 10) after an elaborate 'Rudra Abhishek' ceremony. The construction work commencement ceremony will be attended by a limited number of persons and will be held at the Kuber Tila temple, amid coronavirus outbreak.
As the lockdown got relaxed, various religious places including temples, gurudwaras, mosques and churches opened their doors to devotees, after almost two months, but with restricted entry.
Religious places in Uttar Pradesh have reopened today's along with rest of the country, however, many districts including Kanpur will have to wait to see reopening of worshiping places.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration announced that religious places would continue to remain closed in the Union Territory as it allowed certain activities, including reopening of malls, barber shops, hotels and restaurants with new guidelines.
The Union Culture Ministry on Sunday approved the opening of 820 Archeological Survey of India-protected monuments which have places of worship from June 8, Minister Prahlad Patel said.
The Haryana government has decided to allow the reopening of religious places, places of worship for the public and shopping malls in a regulated and restricted manner across the state with effect from June 8, except in Gurugram and Faridabad districts in view of large number of positive case.
The Maharashtra government is yet to take a decision on opening religious places for devotees in the state as part of lockdown relaxations, an official said on Sunday.
The worshippers will not stand shoulder-to-shoulder in mosques when they reopen along with other places of worship after two-and-half months on Monday. Managing committees and caretakers of mosques are busy making arrangements to meet the new requirements of social distancing to check the spread of COVID-19.
Liquor in Delhi is all set to become cheap as the Delhi government has decided to withdraw the 'special corona fee' levied at 70 per cent of the maximum retail price on all categories, with effect from June 10, 2020.
As unlock 1 regulations come into effect in Delhi, several relaxations are being given by the government. While shopping malls and religious places might be opening in Delhi, several other places will remain shut even after June 8. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced in a press conference on Sunday that the hotels and banquet halls in the national capital will remain close for now.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal had called a high-level meeting on Saturday to discuss the remaining parameters of unlocking Delhi under the Centre’s phase-1 guidelines and preparedness for handling Covid-19 patients.
The Delhi Cabinet in a major decision on Sunday amid COVID-19 outbreak has decided that government hospitals in the city will treat only those COVID-19 patients who belong to Delhi.
As lockdown norms are further going to be relaxed from June 8, States and Union Territories are gearing up to re-open religious places, malls, restaurants, hotels and offices, however, social distancing guidelines have to be followed.
As the lockdown norms will be further relaxed from tomorrow, temples in Kerala including the famous Sabarimala and Guruvayoor Sree Krishna will open their doors to devotees, after almost two months, but with restricted entry.
India's own contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, has been a timely move and the fact that it has become the most downloaded app in the recent times is a testimony to citizens innate belief in the power of technology to inform, guide and protect them from unwanted consequences in these times of public health emergency.
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