With limited workforce, businesses will start opening up in Bengaluru

 

The State Government on Saturday issued an order to open several businesses from Monday with limited workforce as directed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) while continuing a strict lockdown in containment zones.

A day after the MHA orders, the Karnataka government too allowed most economic activities barring public transport in red zones including Bengaluru. There will be no interstate vehicular movement. Buses, auto-rickshaws and cabs, salons and spas are allowed in green and orange zones.

Meanwhile, Revenue Minister R Ashoka has asked BBMP Commissioners BH Anil Kumar to prepare a detailed note to divide Bengaluru into four zones so that restrictions of red zone be applied to only those areas with highest number of Covid-19 patients.

“We will forward it to the MHA for approval,’’ Ashoka said.

Liquor shops to open

An order issued by the Excise Commissioner on Saturday said that only stand alone CL – 2 (retail liquor shops) and CL 11-C (MSIL retail shops) are allowed to open from May 4 with restricted timings.

The shops can operate only between 9 am and 7 pm by maintaining standard operating procedures like six-foot distance must be maintained between each customer, not more than five persons can stand in the queue at a time, both customers and the shop operators must wear masks, shops should keep alcohol-based sanitisers.

Liquor shops in containment zones and in malls, however, continue to remain closed.

Source: BangaloreMirror