The Covid-19 surge had led the administration to impose a complete weekend lockdown in the second week of April despite opposition from traders as well as the ruling BJP in the civic body.
WITH A sharp decline in daily Covid-19 positivity rate, which is below 10 per cent at present, and decrease in number of active cases, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to relax its stringent restrictions in the city while withdrawing weekend lockdown.
It has allowed all essential category shops to remain open on all weekdays from 7 am to 11 am.
The Covid surge had led the administration to impose complete weekend lockdown in the second week of April despite opposition from traders as well as the ruling BJP in the civic body.
The state government further imposed restrictions across Maharashtra, but did not impose weekend lockdown. But the administration in Pune continued with it, citing high positivity rate and increased number of active cases.
On Friday, the PMC decided to relax the complete weekend lockdown. “The essential-category shops in the city will be allowed to remain open throughout the week from 7 am to 11 am,” said Municipal Commissioner Vikram Kumar.
The essential-category shops include grocery stores, vegetable and fruit shops, dairies, bakeries, sweet shops and all other shops selling food items like meat, chicken, egg and seafood.
The PMC has also included optical shops and shops selling material related to monsoon in the essential category. The category also includes shops that sell agriculture items, including seeds, fertilizers and equipment and pet shops.
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