Jammu and Kashmir are going to return to normal routine from Monday. Following the Central Guidelines, the Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Committee has issued an order to open all types of educational institutions, cinema, and restaurants with full potential. Other public events, including sports, will also not be banned.
However, the compulsion to conduct corona test on entry by air, rail, and road from other states to Jammu and Kashmir will continue. The decision on the restoration of inter-state bus service has also not been done. According to the order, all 20 districts of the state have been kept in a green zone.
Only the 500-meter radius at Lakhanpur, the gateway to Jammu and Kashmir, and both ends of the Jawahar Tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway are placed in the Red Zone category. The daily number of devotees of Mata Vaishno Devi has been increased to 25 thousand. The Jammu and Kashmir Disaster Management Committee under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary BVR Subramaniam has issued instructions after reviewing the current status of infection in the state.
All educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir will be able to open from Monday but have to follow the Kovid protocol. The District Deputy Commissioner will no longer be able to declare the lockdown locally. The decision on lockdown can be taken only after consulting the State Committee on Disaster Management. There will be no restriction on the movement of passengers by road, rail and air. Only an antigen test will have to be done. The District Deputy Commissioners have been instructed to review the cases of Kovid 19 every week and to focus on sampling, especially in schools.
Classes from 9th to 12th from today
Classes will start in the state from Monday to the ninth to 12 classes from Monday, February 1. The teaching staff of primary classes will also come to the school, which will ensure arrangements to start classes by February 8. All classes will start at eight. Colleges and universities will also open with full potential.
All the engineering and law exams will be through off-line.
All examinations of students of engineering and law departments under Jammu University will be offline. A notification in this regard was issued by the Controller of Examinations on Sunday.