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Day 69 of coronavirus lockdown: Ground report from Indian cities
NEW DELHI: Cities across the country issued new guidelines as the fourth phase of coronavirus-induced lockdown came to an end on Sunday evening. In Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal declared the sealing of borders for another weak. Mumbai, one of the worst-affected cities in the country, too, adopted a cautious approach in easing the lockdown.
Here is a look at the updates —
1
KOLKATA
- Private buses will remain off the road as operators on Sunday felt they would incur a huge loss even if they ply with passengers in every seat. The chief minister had clarified that buses could run with full seating capacity passengers
- RTOs will reopen on Monday. Registration of vehicles will start an online registration will require no physical production. The limited appointment will be given for appearing in the offices only when necessary. The cash counters will stay open from 10.30 am to 3 pm on working days.
- The Hotel and Restaurants’ Association of Eastern India (HRAEI) has advised its members to keep every second table vacant to maintain a distance of at least six feet and stick to the booking of tables to avoid crowding.
- Fewer tables, a longer waiting time, quicker service and hand sanitizers will be among the plethora of new norms across Kolkata’s restaurants when they reopen on June 8 — two and a half months after the onset of lockdown.
- Over 3,000 traders of New Market are set to resume business after more than two months. But they will have to tread with caution for if the contagion spreads its tentacles inside, traders run the risk of being shut down again.
- West Bengal has also ramped up testing and crossed the 2-lakh mark — at 2,03,751 tests — till Sunday.
- West Bengal recorded the highest single-day spike in a number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday, when 371 fresh cases were reported, an increase by 54 from Saturday’s 317 cases.
2
CHENNAI
- Some lockdown relaxations have been allowed even in Chennai, which remains the hotspot in the state, accounting for nearly 70% of the fresh cases every day. The easing will be in two stages, one from June 1 and the next from June 8. From Monday, barring in containment zones, showrooms and jewellery shops can re-open and more employees can attend all offices.
- The city corporation will intensify testing for Covid-19 in the various slums after experts said the number of cases is likely to go up in the coming weeks. On Sunday, there were 804 positive cases in the city.
- Eating out can be quite different when restaurants reopen on June 8. You may not get all the delicacies you have been pining for over the past two months, there won’t be ACs and forget dining as a party! Eateries will not seat more than two individuals at a table and acrylic sheets will divide tables across.
3
DELHI
- There is no shortage of beds in hospitals in Delhi, says CM Arvind Kejriwal
- We are sealing Delhi borders for one week, only essential services will be allowed, Arvind Kejriwal says
- Barbershops, salons will be allowed to open in Delhi; spas to remain closed: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal
- Delhi Airport has set up a dedicated area at the entry point of parking zone to ensure cabs coming there to pick up passengers are thoroughly sanitised: Delhi International Airport Limited statement.
4
HYDERABAD
- Two PG doctors from Hyderabad hospitals tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the total number of PG doctors affected by coronavirus across Telangana to five.
- Telangana CM on Sunday extended the lockdown in containment zones up to June 30, while restrictions will be in place till June 7 for rest of the city but with more relaxation.
- Greater Hyderabad has emerged as a major worry for authorities as it accounted for 122 of the total cases, with the government blaming people for not abiding by lockdown rules. L
- Health department officials said they were worried about several areas of Hyderabad and urged the police to strictly enforce lockdown in all the new containment zones.
- Apart from Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy district also saw a surge with 40 new cases reported on Sunday.
5
AHMEDABAD
- The Ahmedabad Municipal Transport and the Bus Rapid Transit services are set to commence operations from Monday. However, the carrying capacity of each bus has been reduced by 50%. The city bus service had been off the road since March end when the lockdown 1.0 was announced.
- Despite the state’s nod to allow economic activity including jewellery stores to remain open since May 19, jewellers across Ahmedabad stare at a bleak future.
- Modelled around the ‘Gulbai Tekra’ Covid-19 micro-containment strategy, where a concentrated cluster of houses has been declared as a containment area, the civic body has used the concept to battle Covid-19 across the entire city as part of its ‘unlock-1’ strategy.
- The Ahmedabad district including the city crossed 12,000 total Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday with the addition of 299 cases in past 24 hours. Now the total for the district is 12,180 – of which 220 are from outside AMC limits.
6
MUMBAI
- 89 more test positive for Covid-19 in Mira-Bhayander, tally rises to 738
- LPG cylinder prices in Mumbai hiked from today. The revised price is Rs 590.50 for a 14.2kg non-subsidised cylinder.
- In the first phase, walking, cycling and jogging in open spaces will be permitted between 5 am and 7 pm starting June 3.
- In the second phase starting June 5, shops and markets except those in malls and shopping complexes will function on alternate days; shops on one side of the road will open on one day and those on the other side the next.
- Despite the Centre allowing malls, hotels and restaurants, and religious places to be opened from June 8 as part of an “unlock” plan, Maharashtra has not given them a go-ahead yet.
7
LUCKNOW
- Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation ( UPSRTC) will restore 100% bus service and ply buses on all intra-district and inter-district routes from 8 am, June 1 onwards.
- You can now book a radio cab and auto-rickshaw, travel to other districts on UPSRTC buses, shop for longer hours from Monday and visit malls, restaurants and religious places from June 8, but will have to wait longer for Lucknow metro, cinema halls and educational institutions to reopen.
- After the Centre relaxed lockdown restrictions with Unlock 1.0, UP government also issued guidelines allowing religious places, malls and restaurants to be opened from June 8. All restrictions in containment zones, however, will continue till June 30.
- Escalating preventive measures ahead of Unlock 1.0, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to increase Covid-19 testing capacity in the state from existing 10,000 to 20,000 per day by the end of June.
8
BENGALURU
- A dozen districts in North Karnataka, which together account for 1,451 of the state’s 3,221 Covid-19 cases until Sunday, have been seeing a massive spike in infections from the second week of May, coincidentally when Karnataka began issuing passes for inter-state returnees.
- Restaurants, hotels and malls in Karnataka will resume full operations from June 8 and their financial recovery could pull some key sectors out of function.
- The Karnataka government on Sunday notified the ministry of home affairs (MHA) guidelines for Unlock 1.0 by deciding to open religious places, hotels and shopping malls on June 8. Namma Metro services, theatres and opening of schools will be decided at a later date, as prescribed by the MHA.
- With classes going online, many schools have started issuing rules and guidelines on etiquette, underlining that discipline, focus and good manners will remain important in virtual classrooms too. Some schools have started asking students to appear in school uniforms.
9
CHANDIGARH
- Punjab has recorded a steep rise in the number of people coming in contact with infected people with no travel history testing positive, indicating homegrown cases.
- The UT administration will on Monday decide the fresh set of relaxations in the phased unlocking plan following the guidelines of the ministry of home affairs, allowing residents to stay out of their homes from 5 am to 9 pm and shrinking the night curfew.
- If you have confirmed ticket to board a train plying from June 1 from the Chandigarh railway station, be at the platform one hour before the departure time for medical screening or you will not be allowed to board the train.
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