COVID-19 Surge: Two-Phase Shutdown In Sambalpur Till July 31

Sambalpur: Worried about increasing novel coronavirus cases, the Sambalpur district administration on Tuesday announced to impose two-phase shutdown starting from tomorrow. The restrictions will continue to remain in force till July 31.

While the first phase four-day shutdown will start from July 22 and end on July 25, the second phase shutdown will continue thereafter till July 31, a notification issued by the district administration read.

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.

During this complete shutdown, 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.
• District (Emergency) and Municipal Administration/Police/Fire Services/ Excise Officials/ Forest Officials
• 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

(Edited By Suryakant Jena)

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