Liquor sales in green zone soon; Karnataka to allow vehicles in phases

TNN | May 2, 2020, 05:55 IST

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BENGALURU: The ongoing lockdown is set to continue in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural and Mysuru districts, while there will be considerable relief for people and relaxations for services in the lower-risk districts falling in the green and orange zones in the state.
With the Centre’s guidelines in place, the BSY government plans to allow liquor outlets to open in the green zones after May 3. Vehicular movement will be allowed in all three zones in a regulated manner. While there are plans to allow four-wheelers and two-wheelers, with a specified number of riders/occupants, vehicular movement for nonessential purposes will remain prohibited between 7pm and 7am.
Taxis can ply with two passengers
Private offices can operate with up to 33% of their strength. Industrial establishments in urban areas, including SEZs, export-oriented units, industrial estates and industrial townships with access controls have been permitted.
Irrespective of the zone, malls and shopping complexes and travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement remains barred.
In red zones, the new guidelines allow the movement of individuals and vehicles only for permitted activities, with a maximum of two people (besides the driver) in four-wheelers, and with no pillion rider on two-wheelers.
In orange and green zones, in addition to activities permitted in red zones, taxis and cab aggregators will be permitted to ply, with one driver and two passengers. Interdistrict movement of individuals and vehicles will be allowed only for permitted activities. In the green zones, in addition to activities permitted in red and orange ones, buses can operate with up to 50% seating capacity and bus depots can operate with up to 50% capacity.