India's Unlock Plan: Know All About 3 Phases Of Lockdown Upliftment, What Remains Restricted & What Is Allowed

While all activities have been permitted in lockdown 5, except in containment zones, several activities like opening of malls, religious places, schools and colleges, will be carried out in phases, the first phase beginning June 8. MHA also issued made inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods unrestricted.

New Delhi: A man wearing face mask walks past a shop displaying colourful face masks at Gandhi Nagar textile-cloth wholesale market. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma) (PTI28-05-2020_000135B)

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday night issued guidelines for ‘unlocking’ the country from over two months of lockdown and allowed phased re-opening of areas outside the Containment Zones. In areas outside Containment Zones, all activities will be permitted except the following, which will be allowed, with the stipulation of following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be prescribed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), in a phased manner: Phase I The following activities will be allowed with effect from 8 June, 2020: (i) Religious places/ places of worship for public. (ii) Hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services. (iii) Shopping malls It is to be noted that the Union Ministry of Health will be issuing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the above activities, in consultation with the Central Ministries, Departments concerned and other stakeholders, for ensuring social distancing and to contain the spread of Covid-19. Phase II Schools, colleges. educational/ training coaching institutions etc.. will be opened after consultations with States and UTs. State governments, UT administrations may hold consultations at the institution level with parents and other stakeholders. Based on the feedback.. a decision on the re-opening of these institutions will be taken in the month of July, 2020. Phase III Based on the assessment of the situation, dates for re-starting the following activities will be decided: (i) International air travel of passengers, except as permitted by MHA. (ii) Metro Rail. (iii) Cinema halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places. (iv) Social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural &  religious functions and other large congregations. Prohibitions  in lockdown 5: Night curfew Movement of individuals shall remain strictly prohibited between 9.00 pm to 5.00 am throughout the country, except for essential activities. Local authorities shall issue orders, in the entire area of their jurisdiction, under appropriate provisions of law, such as under Section 144 of CrPC, and ensure strict compliance. Lockdown limited Containment Zones till June 30, 2020 (i) Lockdown shall continue to remain in force in the Containment Zones till 30 June, 2020. (ii) Containment Zones will be demarcated by the District authorities after taking into consideration the guidelines of MoHFW. (iii) In the Containment Zones, only essential activities shall be allowed. There shall be strict perimeter control to ensure that there is no movement of people in or out of these zones, except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential goods and services. In the Containment Zones, there shall be intensive contact tracing. house-to-house surveillance, and other clinical interventions, as required. Guidelines of MoHFW shall be taken into consideration for the above purpose. Buffer Zones: As per the MHA, States and UTs may also identify Buffer Zones outside the Containment Zones, where new cases are more likely to occur. Within the buffer zones, restrictions as considered necessary may be put in place by the District authorities. States, UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may prohibit certain activities outside the Containment zones, or impose such restrictions as deemed necessary. States and UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may prohibit certain activities outside the Containment zones, or impose such restrictions as deemed necessary. Unrestricted movement of persons and goods There shall be no restriction on inter-State and intra-State movement of persons and goods. No separate permission, approval, e-permit will be required for such movements. However, if a State! UT, based on reasons of public health and its assessment of the situation, proposes to regulate movement of persons, it will give wide publicity in advance regarding the restrictions to be placed on such movement, and the related procedures to be allowed. Movement by passenger trains and Shrarnik special trains: domestic passenger air travel; movement of Indian Nationals stranded outside the country and of specified persons to travel abroad; evacuation of foreign nationals; and sign-on and sign-off of Indian seafarers will continue to be regulated as per SOPs issued. No State, UT shall stop the movement of any type of goods, cargo for cross land- border trade under Treaties with neighbouring countries. Protection of vulnerable persons Persons above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 years are advised to stay at home, except for essential and health purposes. Use of Aarogya Setu With a view to ensuring safety in offices and work places, employers on best effort basis should ensure that Aarogyu Setu is installed by all employees having compatible mobile phones District authorities may advise individuals to install the Aarogya Setu application on compatible mobile phones and regularly update their health status on the app. This will facilitate timely provision of medical attention to those individuals who are at risk. Also Watch:  (the above information has been taken from the guidelines issued by MHA)