Bhubaneswar: In view of the alraming rise in COVID-19 cases, the Odisha government on Sunday declared a 14-day lockdown in the state from May 5. However, the following activities will be allowed during the period.
Health Sector
— Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, telemedicine facilities
—Dispensaries, chemists, pharmacies, all kinds of medicine shops including Jan Aushadhi Kendras and medical equipment shops.
—Medical laboratories and collection centres.
—Pharmaceutical and medical research labs, institutions carrying out COVID-19 related research.
—Veterinary hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, pathology labs, sale and supply of vaccine and medicine.
—Authorised private establishments which support the provisioning of essential services or efforts for containment of COVID-19, including home care providers, diagnostics, supply chain firms serving hospitals.
—Manufacturing units of drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical oxygen, their packaging material, raw material and intermediates.
—Construction of medical/ health infrastructure including manufacture of ambulances.
—Movement (inter and intra-state including by air) of all medical and veterinary personnel, scientists, nurses, para-medical staff. lab technicians, mid-wives and other hospital support services, including ambulances.
Financial Sector
—Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and RBI regulated financial markets and entities like NPCI, CCIL, payment system operators. Clearing Houses and standalone primary dealers.
—Bank branches and ATMs, IT vendors for banking operations, Banking Correspondents (BCs) and ATM operation and cash management agencies. However, banks shall operate as per guidelines to be issued by the Finance Department.
—Capital and debt market services as notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
—IRDAI and insurance companies.
—Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFCs) including Housing Finance Company (HFCs) and Micro Finance Institutions (NBFC-MFIs) with bare minimum staff.
—Cooperative Credit Societies.
Efforts should be made to operate with most minimum staff. The staffs should be encouraged to work from home wherever possible and feasible.
Public Utilities
—Operations of Oil and Gas sector, including refining, transportation, distribution, storage and retail of products, e.g., petrol, diesel, kerosene, ONG, LPG, PNG etc.
—Generation, transmission and distribution of power at state level.
—Postal services including post offices.
—Operations of utilities in water, sanitation and waste management sectors at municipal/local body levels in the state.
—Operation of utilities including movement of vehicles and personnel, providing telecommunications, DTH and internet services, including maintenance of telecom towers and recharge facilities for prepaid mobile connection.
Commercial And Private Establishments
—Shops including ration shops (under PDS) and neighborhood/roadside/street comer shops, dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetable, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal feed and fodder, seeds, fertilizers and pesticides including their transportation, warehousing and related activities. However, district authorities may encourage and facilitate home delivery to minimize the movement of individuals outside their homes.
—Street comer/roadside shops/stand-alone shops dealing with food and essential items, vegetables, fish, meat, and eggs and milk are allowed to operate on weekdays (Monday to Friday) between 5 am to 12 noon. Such shops shall maintain a minimum 30 feet shop to shop distance.
—Restaurants and dhabas for Takeaway and Home delivery only.
—Home delivery by operators/ online delivery of MI goods/ services by e-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Flipkart, Blue Dart, DTDC, Big Basket, Grofers, Urban Clap, Zomato, Myntra, Swiggy, KFC, Pizza Hut, Dominos, Uber Eat, etc.
—Retailers of food and grocery items such as Big Bazaar, Reliance Fresh, OMFED, OPOLFED, Chilika Fresh, Spencers, etc. They are also allowed to provide home delivery services.
—Print, electronic and Web media.
—IT and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) with a maximum of 50% staff (as far as possible to work from home). —Data and call centers.
—Telecommunications, internet service, broadcasting and cable services/ DTH and optical fibre.
—Petrol pumps, LPG, Petroleum and gas retail and storage outlets.
—Power generation, transmission and distribution units and services.
—Government-approved common service centers (CSCs) at Gram Panchayat level.
—Cold storage and warehousing services, including at ports, airports, railway stations, container depots, individual units and other links in the logistics chain.
—Private security services and facilities management services for maintenance and upkeep of office and residential complex..
—Hotels, homestays, lodges and motels which are accommodating tourists and persons stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air and sea crew.
—Establishments used/earmarked for quarantine facilities.
—Services provided by self-employed persons, e.g., electrician, IT repairs, plumbers, motor mechanics, and carpenters etc.
—Shops that repair and service electrical and electronic appliances including fan, air coolers, water purifiers, air conditioners, mobile phones, computers, accessories, etc.
—Shops dealing in construction equipment and supplies such as cement, iron rods, chips etc.
—Shops of educational books for students.
—Newspaper delivery to be allowed between 5 am and 8 am.
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