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E-registration: The latest travel relaxations

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government that on Friday announced the lockdown extension till July 5 also announced some travel relaxations in the three categories of districts.
Further travel relaxations have been allowed in category 2 (23 districts) and category 3 which consists of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengelpet in addition to the ones already allowed.
Accordingly, in 27 districts, private security staff and housekeeping staff employed in apartments, offices and houses can travel without e-registration.
Electricians, plumbers, motor technicians, carpenters and self-employed people will be allowed to travel without registration from 6 am – 7 pm.
Walking will be allowed in all beaches in the state from 5 am to 9 am.
No e-pass will be required for inter-district travel for wedding events in the 27 districts.
E-pass is required for inter district travel for wedding from category 1 to other districts and vice versa.
The family of the bride or the groom will have to avail the e-pass from the district collector of the district where the wedding is happening after accessing https://eregister.tnega.org.
Those wanting to visit places such as the Nilgiris, Kodaikkanal, Yercaud, Yelagiri and Courtallam for emergency purposes will have to avail e-pass from the concerned district collector.
In category-3 comprising Chennai, Chengelpet, Thiruvallur and Kancheepuram, public transport is already allowed with 50 % occupancy in buses and government buses, without air conditioning.
Inter district transport between these four districts was also allowed with 50 % occupancy.
This is now extended to the category 2 districts too.
In the four districts under category-3, rented cars, taxis and auto rickshaws were already allowed to operate with passengers not having to avail e-registration.
However, in taxis three passengers other than the driver and in auto rickshaws, two passengers other than the driver are allowed.
Transport services attached to homes providing shelter to children, juveniles, differently abled, old age homes can operate without e-registration in these four districts and staff employed in juvenile correction homes/centers too need not avail e-registration.
While in the 11 districts which are badly affected by Covid-19, the existing travel restrictions will be in place such as public being allowed to travel in rented cars, taxis and in auto rickshaws and movement of private security service staff and housekeeping staff in apartment complexes, electricians, plumbers and carpenters after e-registration.
The eleven districts are Coimbatore, the Nilgiris, Tirupur, Erode, Salem, Karur, Namakkal, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam and Mayiladuthurai.

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