Sambalpur: Due to the increase in COVID-19 positive cases, the Sambalpur district administration has declared two-phase shutdown from July 22 to July 31. This shutdown is being implemented across the district to prevent the further spread of the disease, informed District Collector Subham Saxena here Tuesday,
“In view of the increase in the number of cases in Sambalpur district, we need to take some tough steps to carry out contract tracing and checking of symptoms. We also need to ensure isolation of suspected cases and door to door health screening of people. So, we have announced two-phase shutdown in the district for nine days,” said Saxena.
The two-phase Shutdown:
The first-phase shutdown will continue from July 22 to July 25 for four days.
Phase-I
During the phase-1 shutdown, intra-district movement of public and private transport will be restricted. Similarly, shops, establishments, government and private institutions will remain closed. However, essential services will be exempted from the restrictions.
The second phase shutdown will continue from July 26 to July 31 for five days.
Phase-II
During the phase-II shutdown government establishments, utilities and essential services, economic and other activities will be permitted to function. Vegetables and grocery shops will be allowed to open.
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During the complete shutdown in the first phase, only the following activities shall be allowed:
- All medical establishments including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes including medicine stores and movement of Ambulance and all medical personnel will function.
- District (Emergency) and Municipal Administration/Police/Fire Services/ Excise Officials/ Forest Officials will be operational
- Central and state government officials on emergency duty
- Telecom services
- Petrol pumps
- Print and electronic Media
- Water supply, sanitation and sewerage workers
- Electricity supply and distribution
- Movement of goods and good carriers, whether loaded or unloaded
- Industrial establishments, factories and construction activities
- Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Services and allied activities
- Road transport on highways, road movement of transiting vehicles
- Marriages and Funerals, with permission of local authority
- ATMs and critical financial institutions like RBI, Clearing Houses
- Dhabas along national and state Highways/ major roads for takeaway only
- Milk booths
- LPG distribution, home delivery of cooking gas and associated facilities, personnel and vehicular movement
- Similarly during phase-2 shutdown, all shops and commercial establishments, offices and institutions will remain close and mobility of people will be restricted.
Activities allowed during phase-2 shutdown:
Government of India establishments
- Defence
- Central Armed Police Forces
- Treasury with bare minimum staff
- Central government offices on emergency duty
- Post Offices
- Telecom services including maintenance offices and movement of associate personnel
- National Informatics Centre
- Early Warning Agencies including IMD
- Reserve Bank of India and RBI regulated financial markets and entities like NPCI, CCIL, ATMs, Clearing Houses, payment system operators and standalone primary dealers, with bare minimum staff
- Banks, insurance and financial institutions
- Offices of UN Agencies with bare minimum staff
- Cold storage, warehousing services and packaging units including their transportation.
- Deployment of private security services
Government of Odisha establishments
- Disaster management establishment
- State government officials on emergency duty
- District and municipal administration/ police/ fire services/ government officials on emergency duty/ forest officials engaged in protection of forest and wild life/ excise officials
Utilities and essential services
- All medical establishments including government and private hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, including medicine stores. Movement of ambulance and all medical personnel including Doctors and Paramedics
- Water supply, sanitation and sewerage workers
- Power generation, transmission and distribution
Transport
- Rallway stations, bus terminals and their associated offices, movement of associated personnel and activities
- Road transport and movement of transiting vehicles on highways
- Movement of goods and goods carriers, whether loaded or unloaded
- Movement of public transport, private vehicles and taxis to and from airports, railway station and bus terminals/ stands/ stops, for facilitating movement of passengers by air, rail and road
Vegetables, Food & Grocery
- Shops selling vegetables, grocery and milk between 6 am to 1 pm
- Home delivery of food, groceries, vegetables, egg, fish, meat and other essential items by restaurants and aggregators such as Zomato, Swiggy, OMFED, Hirakud Fresh etc.
Economic and other activities
- Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Veterinary Services and allied activities
- All industrial units, factories, mining operation and construction activities by Government agencies
- IT/TTeS units with bare minimum staff for critical operations
- Operation of hotels and hospitality units, including their associated offices movement of staff and associated with COVID-19 as paid quarantine and for stay of health professionals
- Dhabas along National and SAD Highways/ Major roads for takeaway only
- Petrol pumps, CNG stations and LPG, including their bottling, distribution and retail outlets
- Operations of e-commerce establishments such as Flipkart, Amazon etc. Including their warehousing and delivery activities
- Print and electronic media identified by administration
- Marriages and funerals, with permission of local authority
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