Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday modified its June 30 order and enforced complete lockdown in the entire jurisdictions of Khurda, Ganjam, Cuttack and Jajpur districts and Rourkela Municipal Corporation (Sundargarh district) from 9 pm of Friday (July 17) till midnight of July 31.
According to the government notification, the decision was taken to contain and check further spread of COVID-19 in these heavy case-load districts. “All shops and commercial establishments, offices and institutions will remain closed and the mobility of people will be restricted during these two weeks,” it said.
EXEMPTIONS
Government of India establishments
i. Defence
ii. Central Armed Police Forces
iii. Treasury including Pay and Accounts Offices, Financial Advisers and Field Offices of the Comptroller General of Accounts with bare minimum staff
iv. Central Government offices on emergency duty
v. Post Offices
vi. Telecom Services including their maintenance offices and movement of its associated personnel
vii. National Informatics Centre
viii. Early Warning Agencies including IMD
ix. Customs clearance at ports airport and land border; GSTN; and MCA 21 Registry, with bare minimum staff
x. Reserve Bank of India and RBI regulated financial markets and entities like NPCI, CCIL, ATMs, Clearing Houses, payment system operators and standalone primary dealers, with bare minimum staff
Government of Odisha establishments
xi. DisasterManagementestablishments
xii. State Government officials on emergency duty
xiii. District and Municipal Administration/ Police/ Fire Services/ Government Officials on emergency duty
Utilities and Essential Services
xiv. All medical establishments including government and private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, including medicine stores. Movement of ambulance and all medical personnel including doctors and paramedics
xv. Water supply. sanitation and sewerage workers
xvi. Power generation, transmission and distribution
Transport
xvii. Movement of air, sea and rail transport. Operations of Airports, Railway Stations, Bus Terminals and their associated offices, movement of associated personnel and activities
xviii. Road transport and movement of transiting vehicles on highways
xix. Movement of goods and goods carriers, whether loaded or unloaded
xx. Movement of public transport, private vehicles and taxis (including cabs by aggregators like Ola, Uber, etc.) to and from airports, railway station and bus terminals/ stands/ stops, for facilitating the movement of passengers by air, rail and road
Vegetables, Food & Grocery
xxi. Shops selling vegetables, grocery and milk between 6 am and 1 pm
xxii. Home Delivery of food, groceries, vegetables, egg, fish, meat and other essential items by restaurants and aggregators such as Zopato, Swiggy, OPOLFED, OMFED, Chilika Fresh etc.
Economic and Other activities
xxiii. Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Services and allied activities
xxiv. All industrial units, factories and construction activities
xxv. IT/ITeS units with bare minimum staff for critical operations
xxvi. Operation of hotels and hospitality units, including their associated offices, movement of staff and associated personnel. Dhabas along the National and State Highways/major roads for takeaway only
xxvii. Petrol pumps, CNG Stations and LPG, including their bottling, distribution and retail outlets
xxviii. Operations of e-commerce establishments such as Flipkart, Amazon etc., including their warehousing and delivery activities
xxix. Print and Electronic Media identified by Commissionerate/ District Police
xxx. Marriages and funerals, with permission of the local authority
“All enforcing authorities to note that these strict restrictions fundamentally relate to the movement of people, but not that of goods,” the notification added.
