Although the state-wide Coronavirus-lockdown is slated to come to an end on June 30, religious institutions such as dargahs, agiaries, churches and temples have not received directives from the state government and are still awaiting the green signal.

Although most of these institutions have made it explicitly clear that they will not reopen unless given a clear go-ahead from the state government, many seem to have strategies in place to combat the spread. Ervad Kaizad Karkaria, head priest at the Rustom Faramna Agiary in Dadar, said, "We have bought sanitiser dispensers which can be used with a pump of the peddle by the foot, as well as thermometer machines that can be used to check people-s temperatures. There will be three compulsory rules of admission: You won-t be allowed inside if you are not wearing a mask. You will have to sanitise your hands before you enter. And thirdly, we will not allow more than 20 people inside the agiary at any given time, so that we can ensure social distancing is maintained. However, we are not going to reopen unless and until the government announces [the opening of religious spaces]."