Mumbai: In an effort to provide assistance to people in Mumbai and suburbs, office visitors, Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that the general public will be allowed to take a local train from August 15, however, with the conditions it will be permitted only for People who have completed 14 days after getting fully vaccinated.
This step will benefit 19 Lakh-strange people in Mumbai, who have been fully vaccinated.
At the same time, Thackeray also warned that limitations such as locking can be charged again if the Covid case increased or the third wave crashed into the country.
A week before Independence Day, August 15, Minister of Chief, while overcoming the country through social media, making an announcement allows trips by local trains.
BJP in Mumbai held strong protests last Friday, demanding to allow local trains to the general public, which was fully vaccinated.
The last country allowed the general public to board the local train from February 1, 2021 with staggering time, until 7 in the morning, then between 12 and 4pm in the afternoon and from 9pm to the last night.
This means the general public is not allowed to travel between 7am and 12 noon and between 4pm and 9pm, which is considered a peak trip hour.
However, it returned to put limitations in April, after a surge in Covid case.
During the pre-pandemic period, there were around 80 lakh daily commuters on a local train.
Thackeray, when making an announcement also say that people who have been fully vaccinated can upload information, scan the QR code and download pass through the mobile application to climb the local train while people who do not have a smartphone, can receive the trajectory from BMC.
Ward office or train station, said CM.
Thackeray also clarified that the decision to loosen the sidewalk in places of worship and provide more relaxation to hotels, restaurants, malls will only be taken after a review meeting with members of the Covid Country Task Force, scheduled for Monday.
“Decisions about hotels, restaurants, malls, and places of worship will be taken in the next 8-10 days.
However, people must follow the appropriate Covid behavior because Covid has not been eliminated.
We can stop the third wave Covid by holding on social distance, norms, Wear a mask and wash your hands regularly, “CM said.
On Monday, MALS, Gymnasium, Yoga, Salon, Salon, and Spa Centers opened back with a capacity of 50% while stores and companies can remain open until 8pm on weekdays and until 3 pm on Saturday At 22 districts while BMC, in Mumbai, allows shops and companies to stay open until 10pm, but hotels and restaurants are allowed until 4pm all week.
Express concerns over several districts with high levels of publositis, such as pune, ahmednagar, solapur., ​​Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri and Beed and also landslides say, “More care,” need to be taken in the District-District This is to see that the Covid case does not see a surge.
“Thackeray, also appealed to a private office to apply staggered working hours to avoid crowding in their respective offices.