NOIDA: The third phase of the lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19 will bring with it a few breathers, aimed at giving economic activities in Noida a gradual push. Offices can reopen, industrial activity can begin and more shops can reopen on Monday — but with caveats.
No guidelines have been issued on whether households can call back domestic staff.
Noida, which remains a red zone, has been divided into containment and non-containment zones and announced the revised guidelines late on Sunday night. Ghaziabad, which is in the orange zone, will take a decision on which of the relaxations to implement.
Containment zones in Noida have been placed in two categories — those with one case and those with two or more cases. For those with just one case, areas within 400m will be sealed. For those with more, a 1-km perimeter will be in containment. The definition, the district magistrate tweeted, is based on contact tracing — the more the number of cases, the further the contact chain goes.
Noida has 34 containment zones as of now. The perimeter of sealing, however, is up for review on Monday when a field inspection will be undertaken. The Noida administration had been sealing off a 1-km area around a hotspot with one case and a 3-km radius for those with more than one case. The 28-day sealing Noida follows before it announces an area is a green zone, as opposed to the 21-day period the Centre and the state have notified, will also be reviewed on Monday.
Except the radius of containment, within containment zones, nothing changes. Only those moving for emergency services and those engaged in essential services can commute. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had, earlier in the day, said people living in hotspots may become virus carriers for their colleagues. “So these people should not go to their offices,” he said.
Outside containment zones, economic activities can resume, with riders, most of which focus on the number of people who can turn up at a time. Permissions for all will be issued online.
Private companies and offices can start operating, but with no more than 33% of the staff. But this will be a challenge as employees living in containment zones cannot be called to work, and neither can those from Delhi or Gurgaon.
Industrial operations in some sectors will be allowed to start -– it already had, sporadically. For industries that can operate, the process to issue permissions will be taken online. “The permissions will be issued by relevant authorities, the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation or incident commanders. A platform is being developed to streamline the process and it should be up and running by Monday,” district magistrate Suhas LY said.
Construction work can resume but the existing rules stay in place. Workers should be allowed to stay on site. Permissions will be granted to start work. Shops inside gated communities and standalone ones selling 'non-essential' goods — furniture, liquor, hardware, stationery, electricals, puja material, mechanical repair, among others — can also open. Those in market complexes, however, cannot. The permitted timings are 10am-7pm.
The permissions, however, only apply within the district. Movement outside the district or the state will not be allowed even for the permitted activities. Only those engaged in work related to Covid or in emergency services will be allowed to move. The chief minister, meanwhile, asked the DGP to keep track of people entering the state. “A special vigil should be maintained to prevent the spread of infection among police personnel,” he said.
For movement within the district (outside containment zones), permissions will be needed but vehicles can ply with social distancing norms in place: no more than two people in a car besides the driver and no pillion rider on a two-wheeler.
Section 144 will remain in force till May 17. Commissioner of Police in Gautam Budh Nagar, Alok Singh, said, “Offices, establishments, shops which resume operations would have to make suitable arrangements to ensure night curfew is adhered to between 7pm and 7am.”
Police also clarified no more than 50 people will be allowed to gather for a wedding and no more than 20 people can attend a funeral.
Ghaziabad has, however, not effected any changes yet. “A meeting of officials from the administration, police, health, industry and labour departments was held on Sunday evening. An action plan will be made available by Monday. However, until the time a new order is passed, status quo will be maintained,” district magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said.
(With inputs from Aditya Dev, Shikha Salaria and our bureau in Lucknow)
No guidelines have been issued on whether households can call back domestic staff.
Noida, which remains a red zone, has been divided into containment and non-containment zones and announced the revised guidelines late on Sunday night. Ghaziabad, which is in the orange zone, will take a decision on which of the relaxations to implement.
Containment zones in Noida have been placed in two categories — those with one case and those with two or more cases. For those with just one case, areas within 400m will be sealed. For those with more, a 1-km perimeter will be in containment. The definition, the district magistrate tweeted, is based on contact tracing — the more the number of cases, the further the contact chain goes.
Noida has 34 containment zones as of now. The perimeter of sealing, however, is up for review on Monday when a field inspection will be undertaken. The Noida administration had been sealing off a 1-km area around a hotspot with one case and a 3-km radius for those with more than one case. The 28-day sealing Noida follows before it announces an area is a green zone, as opposed to the 21-day period the Centre and the state have notified, will also be reviewed on Monday.
Except the radius of containment, within containment zones, nothing changes. Only those moving for emergency services and those engaged in essential services can commute. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had, earlier in the day, said people living in hotspots may become virus carriers for their colleagues. “So these people should not go to their offices,” he said.
Outside containment zones, economic activities can resume, with riders, most of which focus on the number of people who can turn up at a time. Permissions for all will be issued online.
Private companies and offices can start operating, but with no more than 33% of the staff. But this will be a challenge as employees living in containment zones cannot be called to work, and neither can those from Delhi or Gurgaon.
Industrial operations in some sectors will be allowed to start -– it already had, sporadically. For industries that can operate, the process to issue permissions will be taken online. “The permissions will be issued by relevant authorities, the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation or incident commanders. A platform is being developed to streamline the process and it should be up and running by Monday,” district magistrate Suhas LY said.
Construction work can resume but the existing rules stay in place. Workers should be allowed to stay on site. Permissions will be granted to start work. Shops inside gated communities and standalone ones selling 'non-essential' goods — furniture, liquor, hardware, stationery, electricals, puja material, mechanical repair, among others — can also open. Those in market complexes, however, cannot. The permitted timings are 10am-7pm.
The permissions, however, only apply within the district. Movement outside the district or the state will not be allowed even for the permitted activities. Only those engaged in work related to Covid or in emergency services will be allowed to move. The chief minister, meanwhile, asked the DGP to keep track of people entering the state. “A special vigil should be maintained to prevent the spread of infection among police personnel,” he said.
For movement within the district (outside containment zones), permissions will be needed but vehicles can ply with social distancing norms in place: no more than two people in a car besides the driver and no pillion rider on a two-wheeler.
Section 144 will remain in force till May 17. Commissioner of Police in Gautam Budh Nagar, Alok Singh, said, “Offices, establishments, shops which resume operations would have to make suitable arrangements to ensure night curfew is adhered to between 7pm and 7am.”
Police also clarified no more than 50 people will be allowed to gather for a wedding and no more than 20 people can attend a funeral.
Ghaziabad has, however, not effected any changes yet. “A meeting of officials from the administration, police, health, industry and labour departments was held on Sunday evening. An action plan will be made available by Monday. However, until the time a new order is passed, status quo will be maintained,” district magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey said.
(With inputs from Aditya Dev, Shikha Salaria and our bureau in Lucknow)
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