New Restrictions Announced in the Capital City, Work From Home Begins; Private Offices to Shut Off

With the rise in the Covid cases, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority has announced new restrictions in the capital city. Amidst seeing the increasing cases in Delhi, on Tuesday DDMA announced private offices will be closed except offices connected with essential services. The purpose is to reduce the spread of the corona disease as well as its expansion.

In the latest order of DDMA, it has been said that offices will be closed only offices connected with essential services are open. In this situation, work from home will be followed. All restaurants and bars will remain closed and an order allowing takeaway has also been issued.

In the latest guidelines, it has been said now there will be no seating allowed in the restaurant and bars. Till now restaurants were allowed to operate a dine-in facility from 8 am to 10 pm at 50 percent of their seating capacity. Similarly, the bar was also allowed to open from 12 noon to 10 pm with a 50 percent seating capacity. Apart from this, only one weekly market will be allowed in each zone of the Municipal Corporation every day.

Earlier on Monday, The DDMA meeting proposed that the restrictions imposed in Delhi should be extended to the National Capital Region in view of the seamless movement of people between the cities of Delhi NCR. The seating capacity in the buses and metro has been reduced from 100 percent to 50 percent.

One needs to follow these restrictions during the red alert in Delhi:

• Permission will be given for construction work only where there will be arrangements for accommodation.
• Industry production and manufacturing units will be closed.
• Shops dealing with essential goods will open.
• Stand-alone shops will be able to open from 10 am to 6 pm.
• Malls will be closed.
• Weekly markets will be closed.
• Metro will be closed.
• Only people of essential services will be allowed on the buses.
• Shops of essential services are being opened from 10 am to 8 pm under the odd-even rule.
• Night curfew is in force from 10 pm to 5 am.
• Hotels will remain open, but banquets and conference halls inside the hotel will remain closed.
• Cinema halls, theatres, multiplexes are closed.
• Auto, e-rickshaw, taxi, and cycle rickshaw are allowed with only 2 passengers.
• Religious places will remain open but the entry of devotees is restricted.