Relaxation: Shops, restaurants etc. allowed to open on Sunday

Dawn Punjab Bureau / Chandigarh : With the fall in Covid cases in the District and State certain additional activities are permitted to be opened to balance the needs to contain and manage COVID-19 while at the same time, save and secure livelihoods of people. Therefore Girish Dayalan, IAS, District Magistrate in exercise of powers conferred under Section 144 of Cr.PC, has ordered the following in continuation and partial modification of previous orders, that
1. All non-essential shops, restaurants etc. shall be allowed to open on Sunday as well, from 5 AM to 7 PM

2. IELTS Coaching institutes are allowed to open subject to curfew timings provided their teachers, staff and students have had atleast one dose of vaccination. It shall be personal responsibility of the owner to ensure strict adherence to this.

3. Skill Development Centers and Universities shall be allowed to open conditional to the staff and students having taken at least one dose of vaccine.

4. Bars, Pubs and Ahatas shall be allowed to open at 50% of their capacity; however social distancing protocols must be maintained, and waiters/ servers/ other employees should have taken at least one dose of vaccine. The management shall be personally responsible to ensure the same.

In addition, activities not specifically prohibited vide orders dated 08.06.2021 and 16.06.2021, shall be permitted subject to compliance with the COVID-19 guidelines.
These orders shall not apply to Containment Areas – operational now – where a strict perimeter control shall be enforced and movement of persons shall be prohibited, except for essential services.
Any violations shall invite criminal proceedings under the relevant provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 and the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

The orders shall remain enforced till further intimation