Bhubaneswar: The state government on Wednesday announced a “partial locking” extension until July 16 where schools, colleges, malls, cinema rooms and places of worship will continue to be closed.
At night hours from 6pm to 6 am will apply in all states amid concerns over the positive level of high tests (TPR) in 10 coastal districts.
Chief Secretary of the Suresh Chandra Mohaparna said while there was no permission for the spa, a parror beauty to continue, a small barber shop could be reopened.
All swimming pools will remain closed.
The ongoing ceiling on the maximum presence of 25 people in marriage and 20 in the funeral and the last ritual, the sidewalk at a community party, a socio-cultural and political meeting will continue.
JATRA and Theater cannot do until July 16.
Twenty districts with the level of testing of tests below 5% (categorized A) will enjoy more relaxation compared to the remaining 10 districts (category B) in the end Thursday.
Khurda, the Bhubaneswar is part, Cuttack, Puri, Balalasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj and Nayaagarh in the B.
Angul category, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar in category B in the last two weeks have been transferred to category A due to improvement The situation of the pandemic in these districts.
The weekend shutdown will continue in the District 10 category B.
Bus transportation will be permitted in category A, but not in B, said the head secretary.
The train to and from Puri will continue to be suspended until July 23, the day of the Niladri Bije ritual at the Jagannath Temple.
All shop categories (except in the mall) will be reopened since Thursday.
That in category A can remain open from 6am to 6pm all day.
But in category B, it will be from 6am to 2 noon from Monday to Friday while this will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Weekly and daily hicong (emergency marker), which has so far been closed, will be reopened in the 20 categories of the district.
However, this will remain closed in the remaining 10.
Two wheels with pillion and four-wheeled racers, taxis and pedicabs are automatically allowed throughout the state according to the normal time schedule (6:00 to 6pm) throughout the state regardless of time.
“While the government has decided a new guideline that attacks the balance between life and livelihood, people may not move unless we need.
We still witness hundreds of new infections,” said the Secretary’s Chief.
Covid-19: Odisha expands partial locking until July 16
