With the lockdown extended till May 31, Delhi Cm Arvind Kejriwal talked of the new guidelines for Lockdown 4.0 in a press conference.
“When coronavirus came to India, we were not prepared. We did not know what will be needed. We used the lockdown period to make arrangements to deal with Covid-19. In the last one-and-a-half months, we have arranged testing kits, hospital beds and ventilators. Now, we need to slowly reopen economy.” said Arvind Kejriwal
LOCKDOWN 4.0 GUIDELINES:
What remains closed
Delhi Metro will not resume services for now.
School, colleges and training institutes will not been allowed to open.
Shopping malls, gyms, swimming pools, salons, bars, auditoriums and theatres will remain closed in Delhi.
All socio-political, entertainment, cultural and religious gatherings remain prohibited.
Temples and other religious sites will remain closed
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Delhi will follow night curfew from 7 pm to 7 am. No movement will be allowed during these hours except for essential services.
Those in vulnerable categories — below the age of 10 and above the age of 65 as well as pregnant women will not be allowed to venture outside.
What opens now
Restaurants can open for home-delivery, dining facility not allowed.
Sports stadiums and complexes can open but without spectators.
Taxis with 2 passengers, auto-rickshaw and e-rickshaw with 1 passenger each, maxi cabs and RTVs with 5 passengers each to be allowed. Drivers will have to sanitise vehicles after each ride. Cab-aggregator services will not be allowed to run carpool services.
DTC buses can resume plying with 20 passengers each. Passengers will have to undergo thermal screening before boarding buses.
