Odisha Modifies Night Curfew Guidelines In Urban Areas, Check What All Exempted

A day after releasing the Covid-19 guidelines for the month of January, the Odisha government on Friday modified the night curfew restrictions (from 10 pm to 5 am) in all urban areas of the State by exempting several activities. 

In a notification, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has listed down the activities on which the night curfew restrictions will not be applicable. Check the details below:

• District and Municipal Administration/ Police/ Government Officials on duty 
• Doctors, Medical/ Paramedical Staff (Govt. & Private), ambulances and emergency health staff 
• Emergency workers of utilities such as Electricity, Fire Services, Telecom, Water Supply, Railways and Airport
• Print and Electronic Media identified by Commissionerate/ District Police 
• Movement of Public Transport, private vehicles and taxis (including cabs by aggregators like Ola, Uber, etc.) to and from airports, railway station and bus terminals/ stands/ stops, for facilitating movement of passengers by air, rail and road
• Staff of IT & ITeS companies on production of their ID cards
• Any person, in case of medical or other emergency
• Owner/ staff of Chemist shops
• All industrial units
• All construction activities 
• Early Warning Agencies including IMO
• Disaster Management establishments
• No restrictions shall apply to COVID testing and vaccination centres and movement of persons/ vehicles for COVID testing and vaccination shall be allowed
• All Government & Private offices/ establishments dealing with essential services/ utility providers like power, telecommunication, water supply, Police, Municipal Services, Railways/ Airport/ Port services and Security etc. shall remain functional
• All commercial establishments including essential items, food and vegetable shops, excluding all medicine/ pharmaceuticals/ medical devices/optical shops etc. shall remain closed
• Operation of hotels and hospitality units, including their associated offices, movement of staff and associated personnel 
• Dhabas along National and State Highways/ Major roads for takeaway only
• Petrol pumps and CNG Stations
• LPG distribution, home delivery of cooking gas and associated facilities, personnel and vehicular movement
• Home Delivery of food, groceries, vegetables, egg, fish, meat, milk and other essential items by restaurants and aggregators such as Zomato, Swiggy, OPOLFED, OMFED, Chilika Fresh etc.