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GUWAHATI, May 04 2021: The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has issued a revised and consolidated directive on Tuesday on containment of Covid-19 pandemic in supersession of its earlier orders issued on April 30 2021.
The Salient features of today’s order are:
All shops and commercial establishments shall shut down at 2 p.m. on all days.
2. All offices both private and Government shall shut down at 2 p.m. on all days. This will not be applicable for organizations rendering Essential and Emergency Services, Law Enforcing Services and Election Work.
3. No meeting / gathering at any open or closed spaces shall be allowed;
For marriages, only religious part will be allowed with presence of maximum of 20 persons. No reception parties will be allowed before or after the marriage;
At all religious places, congregation of not more than five persons shall be allowed at any time;
Total restrictions on movement of persons at public places shall be imposed from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. on all days except for persons engaged in essential and emergency services.
District Magistrates and Commissioner of Police, Guwahati will issue orders under CrPC (Section 144) to the same effect.
Restaurants, Dhabas and other eateries can entertain dine-in guest only up to 2 p.m. Takeaway including home delivery of food is allowed till 6.00 PM after which only home delivery of food will be allowed.
Restaurants operating within a Hotel or Resort can allow outside guests up to 2 p.m. only. However, in-house guests of the Hotel/Resort may be allowed to dine-in up to the usual time of operation.
Delivery of essential goods through e-Commerce may continue with observance of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour.
Cold storages and warehouses may continue after 2 p.m. However, sale counters, showrooms etc. attached to these warehouses or cold storages shall not operate after 2 p.m.
Further, the District Magistrates will declare an area or a city or district or well defined parts thereof as containment zones if the test positivity of Covid-19 in such areas reaches 10% or more in the last one week or bed occupancy either oxygen supported or ICU beds crosses 60%. In the event of declaration of containment zones, the Districts have been directed to enforce strict restrictions as per directives issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare on April 25 2021.
Today’s order will come into force from 5 a.m. May 5 and will remain in force until further orders.