The Uttar Pradesh government has issued its advisory for the two-week lockdown starting May 4. The advisory says that liquor shops are allowed to operate in all but containment zones. This means that apart from specific earmarked areas which are highly infected, liquor shops will open in red, orange, and green zones. The stipulated timing is from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.

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The Maharashtra government too has allowed liquor shops to open in green, orange, and red zones (except in containment) areas.

"Only 5 non-essential shops can be opened in each lane. Numbers not restricted for essential shops," a government official was quoted as saying.

The central government on Friday extended the nationwide lockdown by 14 days even and issued new guidelines to regulate different activities in this period, based on the risk profiling of the districts of the country into Red (hotspot), Green and Orange Zones. The guidelines have permitted considerable relaxations in the districts falling in the Green and Orange Zones.

Activities to remain prohibited irrespective of zones are:

All domestic and air travel excluding medical services, air ambulance

All passenger movement by trains excluding for the purpose mentioned by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)

Interstate movement of individuals excluding medical services or purpose mentioned by MHA

All schools, colleges, education institutions, training/coaching institutions

All cinema halls, shopping malls, gyms, sports complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars, auditorium, assembly halls

All social/political, cultural/religious gathering

All religious places

Activities not permitted in Red Zone (HOTSPOTS)

-Cycle rickshaws and auto-rickshaws

-Taxis & cab aggregators

-Intra and inter-district plying of buses

-Barber shops, spas, and saloons

Activities permitted in Red Zones with Restrictions:

-4 wheelers to have max of 2 passengers besides the driver, pillion rider is not allowed for 2 wheelers

-Manufacturing units of essential goods inc drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw materials and intermediaries

-Production unit which requires a continuous process, and their supply chain

-Manufacturing of IT hardware with staggered shifts and social distancing

-Manufacturing units of packaging material

-All industrial activities permitted in rural areas

-Industrial establishments in urban areas: only SEZs, Export Oriented Units

Activities in Orange Zones:

PROHIBITED:

-Inter and intrastate plying of busses

Activities permitted with restrictions: -Taxi & cab aggregators with 1 driver and 2 passengers

-Inter-district movement of individuals only for permitted activities

Activities in Green Zones:

PERMITTED: -Buses can operate at 50 percent seating capacity -Bus depots with 50 percent capacity

First Published:May 3, 2020 7:01 PM IST