Now, weekly curbs in Uttar Pradesh will be on Sundays

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday announced to do away with weekend curbs in which all establishments except essential supplies remained closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Instead, there will be just one-day closure on Sundays.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Team-11 on Tuesday. “In the meeting headed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the lockdown on Saturdays was lifted. But the closure on Sundays will continue as usual,” additional chief secretary, home and information, Awanish Awasthi said, adding that all the cleanliness and sanitation activities will take place on Sundays.
He also said that markets could function as usual between 9 am and 9 pm on Saturdays like the rest of the weekdays. “Markets can function through the week but they will have to close down on Sundays. This excludes shops coming under essential services,” he said.
Awasthi said that a number of other issues were also reviewed in the meeting of Team 11. “The CM asked all the divisional commissioners to review developmental works worth over Rs 50 crore. The CDOs of the districts concerned should remain present in the meetings. He also asked that the people's representatives should also be invited to such meetings,” he said.
Awasthi that the CM wanted Udyog Bandhu to convene a meeting for timely disposal of problems being faced by entrepreneurs. “The CM has stated that he would like to personally attend virtual meetings to hold dialogue with all the three kinds of entrepreneurs – those running their businesses in the state, those who are in the process of establishing their units and those desirous to set up their business base in the state,” he said.
Asking to give fillip to economic activities in the state, the CM said that the GST should be reviewed. “He stated that he will himself review the revenue collection under GST besides reviewing the progress of Smart City and AMRUT schemes,” he said.
The CM told officials to explore the possibilities in the dairy sector. “The CM stated that here is a need to constitute more and more milk committees for expansion of the sector,” Awasthi said.
With regard to flood, the CM directed the DMs of flood-hit districts to conduct an early survey of damage to the crops and expedite payment of compensation to the farmers.