Covid-19 new restrictions: What’s open, what’s closed in Pune
A swamp of new Covid-19 protocols has caused confusion as to what's allowed and not allowed in Pune. Take a look at the full Covid-19 new protocols here.
During the Covid-19 lockdown in Pune in March 2020. (Express Photo: Ashish Kale, File)
With a consistent uptick in daily cases and fatalities, India’s covid-19 resurgence has hit Pune hard resulting in the city imposing strict restrictions for a week from April 3. To top this, Maharashtra introduced state wide restrictions till April 30, imposing complete lockdown on weekends from Friday 8 pm till Monday 7 am.
A swamp of new Covid-19 protocols has caused confusion as to what’s allowed and not allowed in the parameters of the city. We take a look at the new Covid-19 restrictions to be followed in Pune.
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All shops, Markets and Malls to remain close throughout the day except for essential services
Schools, Colleges and Coaching Classes
All private offices except for financial, Telecom, Electric supply, Pharmaceutical company offices and Industrial units
PMPML public transport bus service
No dine in at Eateries, Restaurants, Beer Bars
Cinema halls, Drama theatres and auditoriums
Amusement Parks, Water Parks, Video Game parlours
Gym, Swimming Pools, Sports Complex, Culbs
All religious places
Religious, Political, Social, Cultural functions
Swimming pool, club house and Gym in Housing societies
Prohibitory orders on no more than 5 people to move together or gather in any public place from 6 am to 6 pm
Rest of the period from 6 pm to 6 am no one to move in public place without valid reasons of by permission
Barber shops, Spas, Salons and Beauty Parlors
Things allowed in Pune
Essential commodity shops like Medical stores, Grocery, Vegetable shops, Maryed yard and vegetable market, Dairies and Milk delivery
Take away orders, Parcel service and home delivery of cooked food from Eateries, restaurants from 7 am to 8 pm
All government offices with 50 percent attendance
All financial, Telecom, Electric supply, Pharmaceutical company offices
Auto Rickshaw with 2 passengers, Taxi with 50 percent vehicle capacity, Private Buses only with full seating occupancy and no standing passengers
State Transport bus service, Railways, Air travel
Travel for Class Ten and Twelve students during examination
Coaching classes for competitive examinations with 50 percent sitting capacity
Marriages with maximum of 50 people
Funerals with maximum of 20 people
Residential hotels, lodges
Industrial units to run with normal capacity while making transport arrangement for staff
Newspaper printing and distribution
Pre-monsoon activities by local authorities
Transport of Goods
Agriculture related services
E-commerce
Accredited Media
Gardens to be opened only in the morning
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Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast.
Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste.
Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter.
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