Neighbourhood shops can open as Rajasthan adheres to MHA order

TNN | Updated: Apr 26, 2020, 06:57 IST

Security personnel use a drone while patrolling at Badi Chaupar during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Jaipur. (PTI photo)

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JAIPUR: In a fresh order issued by the state’s home department on Saturday, in accordance with amendments made by the Union ministry of home affairs, while registered standalone shops and those in residential complexes and neighbourhood areas are allowed to open, hair salons, barber shops, restaurants, eateries and parlours would remain shut. The sale of liquor and cigarettes remains prohibited.
Among the additional permitted activities include shops of electric fans, outlets for recharge of prepaid mobile connection and shops of educational books for students and attendants for senior citizens. However, opening of shops will not be allowed in containment areas of hotspots and clusters.

In the fresh order, the term ‘shopping complex’ is replaced with ‘market complex’, i.e. ‘bazaars’.

The sale by e-commerce companies will also continue to be permitted for essential goods only. The kinds of shops that will remain open within municipal limits include all registered shops that are in the nature: (i) neighbourhood shops (i.e. in and near residential areas), (ii) standalone shops
(i.e. individual shops), which are not a part of any market complex (bazaar/shopping complex building), (iii) shops in residential complexes, with 50% strength of workers and subject to precautionary measures, i.e. wearing masks and social distancing etc.
Shopkeepers must wear masks, malls will remain shut in state
This does not include shops in market complexes (bazaars), multi-brand and single brand malls. Those outside municipal limits include all registered shops including those in market complex, with 50% strength of workers and subject to the precautionary measures, i.e. wearing masks and social distancing etc. This does not include shops in multi-brand and single brand malls.
The order states, “To prevent rush at bookshops, system of home delivery of books to parents/students be encouraged. District administration may coordinate with such shops and give permits/passes for them to engage vehicles for home delivery.”
“Schools, colleges, other educational institutions and coaching centres shall coordinate in the process and communicate the phone numbers of such shops to the parents,” it added.