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Mumbai revs back to life in lockdown 5.0
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SME Times News Bureau | 05 Jun, 2020
After nearly 80 days of lockdown, the country's commercial capital
Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra revved back to life, setting in
motion the crucial economic activities that were virtually paralysed due
to the Covid-19 pandemic, here on Friday.
Most markets, market
areas, commercial and trading areas - barring malls or market complexes -
in the city and rest of the state reopened for business even as Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray reiterated that "people should tread
cautiously while beginning a 'new life' from today".
As announced
earlier, the shops are remaining open on one side of the road on
odd-even dates basis, between 9 am-5 pm, with several other conditions,
said Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association (FRTWA) President
Viren Shah.
Use of trial rooms in garment outlets is banned,
return/exchange is prohibited, strict physical distancing norms must be
followed, arrangements for sanitisers and possibly even a thermometer
gun at the entrance is must for staffer, in case of overcrowding, sales
must stop, he said.
Vehicles returned to the roads and highways
in large numbers since suburban trains were still not permitted as
people trooped to their respective places of businesses.
However,
private offices shall open from June 8 with 10 percent staff strength,
while government offices will work with 15 percent strength though all
other emergency, health care services, treasuries, police, disaster
management, essential supplies, civic services, etc are exempt from
this.
While the government has advised people to avoid stepping
outdoors, cab aggregators, autorickshaws and taxis can ply with two
passengers plus the driver and pillion riding is not permitted on
two-wheelers.
Till June 30, schools, colleges, all educational
institutions, religious places of worship, salons and parlours, shopping
malls, hotels, restaurants and hospitality services services, theatres,
cinemas and multiplexes, swimming pools and gyms, social gathering or
large congregations, continue to be prohibited.
Shah said that
from today the phased reopening of businesses started in all the
municipal corporations like Mumbai, and districts like Thane, Pune,
Solapur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Dhule, Jalgaon, Akola, Amravati and Nagpur.
Any
staffers in any business outlet displaying Corona-type symptoms must be
self-quarantined at home for 7-10 days, senior citizens or children
below 10 years and people with comorbidities are still not allowed to
step out of homes, etc.
It may be recalled that Maharashtra had
gone into partial lockdown from March 15, then a full lockdown from
March 24, followed by the national lockdown since March 25, which is now
in its fifth phase, though with some relaxations.
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