Covid-19: Nagpur eases curbs, shops allowed to operate till 8 pm on weekdays

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Amid a fall in Covid-19 cases, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has allowed shops and establishments, including malls, to operate till 8 pm on weekdays, from the earlier deadline of 4 pm, and till 3 pm on Saturday and Sunday, an official said.

The order issued by civic chief Radhakrishnan B, however, stated that places of worship, coaching classes, swimming pools, cinema theatres and multiplexes will remain closed, and social, cultural, political gatherings and marriages will be allowed with the attendance being limited to 50 per cent of the venue or 50 people, whichever is less, and that too only till 4 pm.

Funerals will have an attendance cap of 20, while saloons, beauty parlours and wellness centres can operate till 8 pm on weekdays, and restaurants can open with 50 per cent capacity till 4 pm on weekdays, the order said. The NMC order also informed that e-commerce services and items have been regularised and so has inter-district travel except if the destination is a Level 5 area, as per the state government's classification based on Covid-19 positivity rate and oxygen bed occupancy, in which case an e-pass would be required.

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