DC Mohali issues orders for restrictions in urban areas till September 30
Kanwar Inder Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in/ chandigarh
In view of rising COVID cases and fatalities especially in urban areas of the District, Girish Dayalan, IAS, District Magistrate, under Section 144 of Cr.PC has ordered compliance to guidelines of the Government of India to be implemented from 01.09.2020 to 30.09.2020 with certain additional restrictions in urban areas.
Regarding the Weekend Curfew it has been ordered that Total Curfew on Saturdays and Sundays in all the municipal towns of the District upto 30.09.2020 and for night curfew, movement of individuals for all the non-essential activities shall remain prohibited between 7:00 pm to 5:00 am within municipal limits of all the cities of the District throughout the week. However, essential activities (including shops dealing in food items) and services, movement of persons and goods on National and State Highways, inter state& intra state movement of persons and unloading of cargo and travel of persons to their destinations after disembarking from buses, trains and aeroplanes will be permitted. The essential services include services related to health, agricultural and related activities, dairying and fishery activities, banks, ATMs, stock markets, insurance companies, on-line teaching, public utilities, public transport industry in multiple-shifts, construction industry.
The Shops/Malls will remain open till 6:30 pm and to be closed on weekends while those dealing in essential commodities will operate till 6:30 pm daily.
Religious places , Sports complexes, stadia and public complex to be open till 6:30 pm daily. Restaurants (including Restaurants/ Hotels in malls) till 6:30 pm on weekdays and on weekends only Home Delivery allowed till 6:30 pm.
Hotels and Liquor Vends can also open till 6:30 pm daily.
For Vehicles throughout the District ,only 3 persons including driver to be allowed in a 4-wheeler vehicle. Besides, all buses and public transport vehicles to allow sitting for only half (50%) capacity with no person standing.
Throughout the District all social, political, religious gathering, protests and demonstrations are prohibited. However, gatherings relating to marriage and funerals shall be allowed only for 30 persons and 20 persons respectively. Strict action to be taken against the organisers and the participants for violation of these orders.
Government and private offices throughout the District shall operate with 50% staff strength till the end of the month i.e. not more than 50% of employees would be permitted on a particular day. However, this shall not be applicable to offices dealing in essential COVID19-related duties or officials deputed for COVID-related tasks.
The Industrial shall be allowed to operate including on weekends or in day/night shifts without any specific permission in this regard. Movement to and from workplace during curfew shall be allowed upon production of organisation ID cards duly verified by the employer.
Any violation of these guidelines and lockdown measures shall be punishable under sections 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 besides legal action under section 188 of Indian Penal Code(IPC).
September,1,2020
