Chatrapur: Ganjam district administration on Saturday eased the lockdown restrictions and issued directives for shops to be reopened.
A notification of office of the District Disaster Management authority issued certain directions:
Shops which will be allowed to open:
- Pharmaceutical (medicine) shops shall remain open 24×7
- All other permitted shops shall remain open from 7 am to 12 noon
- All shops (except the following shops) registered under the Odisha Shops & Commercial Establishments Act, 1956 including shops in residential complexes, market complexes except shops in multi-brand and single brand malls, outside the limits of the Municipal Corporations and Municipalities with 50% strength of workers. Wearing of masks and social distancing will be mandatory
- Authorised /registered shops dealing with meat/fish/chicken /eggs are to be kept opened
The shops which will not be allowed to open:
- Tea stalls/ food stalls/ hotels (without permission), jewellery, beauty parlours, salons/gyms, fast food (thella)/ cloth market/paan, tobacco, gutka, chewing gum and any food items promoting spitting
- Those operating on Govt. land by way of encroachment
- The shops which are not registered under the Odisha Shops & Commercial Establishments Act, 1956
- The shops prohibited to operate are not permitted to open even if the establishments are registered under the Odisha Shops & Commercial Establishments Act, 1956.1n view of dilution of Social Distancing Protocol.
The advisory:
- Senior citizens and children are advised not to come outside
- Registered shops/establishments under the Odisha Shops & Commercial Establishments Act, 1956 Commercial Establishments and permitted shops are encouraged to facilitate home delivery to minimise the movement of individuals outside the home.
