• Shops allowed to open from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm on Mon, Tue, Fri & Sat
• 50-person limit for social events, places of worship
• Odd-even traffic system to continue
Kohima, July 10 (MExN): With the extension of lockdown relaxations in the State, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kohima on Saturday issued regulations for enforcement of the second phase of unlock (Unlock 2.0) within Kohima district from July 11 to 17.
The practice of ‘no mask-no movement’ and ‘no mask-no entry’ is to be strictly enforced in all public places by the Kohima District Task Force and law enforcing agencies.
Shops, delivery services
Shops/business establishments dealing with all kinds of goods/items/articles, including those dealing with essential goods and commodities such as vegetables, fish/meat vendors, milk booths, bakeries, and local grocery stores are permitted to open from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm only on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
The shops/business establishments have been directed to ensure that there is no over-crowding. Cashless mode of payment should be encouraged as far as possible, the DC notified.
For all shopping complexes/market places in and around Kohima Municipal area where more than one shop is located in the same building/compound, the owners/management are to work out a strategy to ensure that only 50% of the shops are open on permitted days of opening and that no two shops which are adjacent to each other are open on the same day.
Necessary arrangement and monitoring shall be worked out by the Kohima Municipal Council in consultation with KCCI, the order stated.
All shops and business establishments shall be closed on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays except for pharmacies.
Restaurants/eateries shall be allowed to operate take-away/food delivery on all days. However, proper queue system should be maintained for all customers to ensure physical distance in addition to mandatory wearing of mask and practicing hand hygiene, it added.
Delivery of LPGs and e-commerce service operators shall be allowed to operate on all days.
Delivery personnel of all categories are advised to display vaccination status in the delivery vehicle. Contactless delivery should be ensured at all times along with maintaining COVID appropriate behaviour Cashless mode of payment should be encouraged as far as possible, it stated.
Every shop/business establishment, besides keeping hand sanitizers and taking measures for ensuring COVID-19 appropriate behaviours at all times, shall also prominently display the status of vaccination of all the shop keepers/staff present in the shop/business establishment.
Barber shops, beauty parlours, spas, salons etc shall be permitted to open after sending application for the same to the Kohima District Task Force on COVID-19 indicating status of vaccination of the staff and strategies to be adopted to ensure minimal contact with customers.
Only after due approval of the Kohima DTF, they shall be permitted to open with the permit and vaccination status prominently displayed at the entrance, as per the notification.
Offices & places of worship
All the government and private offices in the district may open with 50% attendance of staff on any day and subject to adherence to COVID-19 behaviour at all times. The 50% staff not attending on any day will work from home and will be available on phone/call for dealing with any urgent office work, it added.
Religious place(s) or places of worship are allowed to open subjected to an attendance of not more than 50 persons with strict adherence to COVID-19 appropriate behavior. In cases where the place of worship has a capacity where physical distance cannot be maintained by 50 persons, the number of attendees should be accordingly reduced, it added.
Events & gatherings
Outdoor sports activities other than competitions will be permitted, subject to attendance of not more than 100 persons, and adherence of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and all the applicable SOPs issued from time to time. In case of outdoor sports activities which does not allow maintaining physical distance, the number of attendance should be reduced accordingly, it added.
Wedding solemnization, funerals and sports training shall be allowed subject to an attendance of not more than 50 persons, and subject to adherence to COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and applicable SOPs issued from time to time.
Wedding receptions shall continue to remain suspended. In cases where the aforementioned events are held in enclosed space/ indoors, the numbers of attendees is to be reduced accordingly to ensure that physical distance is maintained at all times, as per the notification.
Vehicle movement
Light motor vehicles including taxis shall continue to ply within Kohima district on odd-even basis as per office order issued earlier on June 30.
Only 50% occupancy shall be allowed in all light motor vehicles. Local taxis shall be allowed to ply with only 2 passengers and without any passenger in the front seat within Kohima Municipal area along with plastic barrier/sheet.
However, local taxis are not authorized to charge fares higher than those fixed by the RTA order issued on October 6, 2020.
Vaccination status of local taxi drivers are also to be prominently displayed in the windshield of the vehicle. Intra-district taxi service outside the jurisdiction of Kohima Municipal area shall remain suspended, the DC notified.
Bus service, inter-district taxi service, two-wheeler taxi service and pillion riding are to remain suspended in Kohima district.
Inter-district movement of people has been allowed subject to the person(s) being asymptomatic and having completed their COVID-19 vaccination (both doses taken) and subject to adherence to COVID-19 appropriate behaviours.
All movement of persons/vehicles, except for exempted categories/medical emergencies shall remain restricted from 7:00 pm to 4:00 am.
All applications may be sent to warroomkohima@gmail.com and helpline numbers 6033833879/9362705742 may also be contacted for any assistance.
Any action(s) in contravention with the regulation shall be deemed an offence punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, the DC cautioned.
