Guidelines have been issued by Home Department : Lock down / Unlock - 2 Implementation Orders for the period July 1st to July 31st, 2020.

Jaipur, 30 June. Guidelines have been issued by Home Department regarding Lockdown / Unlock - 2 Implementation Orders for the period July 1st to July 31st, 2020.

The lockdown in Containment Zones and prohibition of certain activities in the areas outside the Containment Zones has been further extended up to July 31st, 2020 vide Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) dated June 29th, 2020 issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.

Accordingly, the following Implementation Guidelines are issued in respect of Lockdown / Unlock 2 in the State of Rajasthan for the period July 1st to July 31st, 2020.

A. CONTAINMENT ZONES / CURFEW AREAS:

These are areas where COVID-19 positive cases have been detected in recent past and there is need to contain and isolate the spread of the virus. The area will be suitably identified and notified on the websites by the District Collector. Strict protocol will be observed in the Containment Zones as stated in the MHA / Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) guidelines and only essential activities shall be allowed. There shall be strict perimeter control to ensure that there is no movement of population in or out of these zones except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential goods and services. Prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr.P.C will be issued by the district authority concerned.

No relaxations of any kind permitted in these guidelines are applicable within the containment areas of hotspots and clusters / curfew areas. Similarly, any subsequent relaxations accorded during the Lockdown period also shall not be applicable to these areas unless the same is specifically stated in the order issued.

The District authorities will also identify Buffer Zones outside the respective Containment Zones and will determine the restrictions on activities for such area that are considered necessary.

B. RESTRICTION Under Section 144 Cr.P.C (night curfew):

The movement of individuals, for all non-essential activities, shall remain strictly prohibited between 10 pm to 5 am across the State.

This shall not apply to the following:

(a) Police / District administration / Government officials on duty.

(b) Doctors and other medical / para-medical staff (government / private)

(c) Staff of IT and ITeS companies

(d) Industrial units / Construction activities with multiple (night) shifts

(e) For any person(s) in case of medical or other emergency

(f) Owner / Staff of chemist shops

(g) Movement of persons on National and State highways

(h) Travel of persons from / to airport, railway station or bus stand to / from home/destination

(i) Movement of trucks / carrier vehicles carrying goods / construction or any other material or returning back empty, including loading / unloading of goods.

C. NEGATIVE LIST / PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES:

The following activities will continue to remain prohibited across the State till further orders:

i.   International air travel of passengers, except for purposes as permitted by MHA, GOI.

ii.  Metro rail services.

iii. Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions etc. will remain closed up to July 31st, 2020. Online / distance learning shall be encouraged.

However, Training institutions of Central and State Government may function from July 15th, 2020 and will adhere to the SOP issued by DoPT, Govt. of India.

iv. All cinema halls, , gymnasiums, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars (other than in hotels, restaurants and clubs, which have already been permitted to be open), auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places.

v.  All religious places / places of Worship in urban / municipal areas and large such places in rural areas, where the average number of daily visitors was in excess of 50 persons in the pre-lockdown period, shall be closed for public.

vi. All social/ political / sports / entertainment / academic / cultural/ religious functions and other large congregations.

However,

(a) Marriage related gathering may be held with following conditions on the Organizer:

(1) shall give prior information to SDM

(2) ensure social distancing during the function

(3) maximum number of guests allowed shall not be more than 50.

Violation of any of the above conditions is an offence and punishable with heavy fine.

(b) Funerals / last rites related gatherings shall ensure social distancing, and the maximum number of persons allowed shall not be more than 20.

D. COMMON SAFETY PRESCRIPTIONS

The following standard SAFETY precautions and restrictions shall remain applicable for all areas and all districts:

1. IN PUBLIC SPACES:

The following precautions, being essential for public safety, are mandatory and violation of the same shall be punishable with fine.

(1) Face Covering: Wearing of face cover is compulsory in all public and work places and during public transport.

(2) Social distancing : Each person shall maintain a distance of 6 feet – "do gaz ki doori") in public places.

(3) Spitting in public & work places is prohibited and punishable with fine.

(4) Consumption of liquor, paan, gutka, tobacco etc. in public place is prohibited and punishable with fine.

(5) All persons are advised to wash hands with soap & water / use sanitizer after touching any surface that is in public contact.

2. AT WORK PLACES

In addition to 1 above, the following additional safety precautions are prescribed for WORK PLACES (Offices, Establishments, Factories, Shops etc.):

(1) Work from home (WfH) : As far as possible, the practice of work from home should be followed.

(2) Staggering of work / business hours will be followed in offices, work places, shops, markets and industrial and commercial establishments.

(3) Screening & Hygiene : Provision for thermal scanning, hand wash and sanitizer will be made at all entry and exit points and common areas.

(4) Frequent sanitization of entire workplace, common facilities and all points which come into human contact eg. door handles etc. shall be ensured, including between shifts.

(5) Social Distancing: All persons in charge of work places shall ensure social distancing between workers, through adequate distance between workers, adequate gaps between shifts, staggering the lunch breaks of staff etc.

(6) All employers shall encourage and motivate their employees to install, and use, on their mobile phones, Arogya Setu for common and personal safety.

(7) Intensive communication and training on good hygiene practices shall be taken up.

The District Magistrate and other authorized officers shall enforce Common Safety Prescriptions, as stated above, through fines and penal action as prescribed in the Disaster Management Act, 2005 / The Rajasthan Epidemic Diseases Ordinance, 2020.

3. SAFETY ADVISORY FOR VULNERABLE PERSONS :

Vulnerable People ( Persons aged 65 and above, Persons suffering from Chronic diseases / co-morbid conditions, Pregnant women and Children below 10 years are strongly advised to stay at home and move out only for essential and health purposes. Out of home, it is most essential that they exercise utmost safety precautions as specified.

E. PERMITTED ACTIVITIES :

All Activities permitted vide Order of even number dated May 31st, 2020 and Addendum dated June 6th, 2020, i.e. not in the negative list / prohibited activities category, shall continue to remain permitted with the restrictions / precautions specified in those orders.

In addition, the following is also permitted with effect from July 1st, 2020:

1. Small places of worship (temple, masjid, gurudwara etc.) in rural areas, which used to have an average daily visit of up to 50 persons per day, prior to the Lockdown, may be opened with effect from July 1st, 2020 subject to the following conditions:

(1) Entry of persons be staggered in such manner that the number of persons inside the place of worship at one point of time are limited to the extent that social distancing of at least 6 feet is ensured between each such person.

(2) All persons inside such place shall necessarily wear a mask.

(3) The SOP dated June 4, 2020 for religious places / places of worship issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Govt. of India shall be followed to the extent it is practical for these small places of Worship.

(4) Any other specific directions issued by the Collector & District Magistrate, based on the recommendation of the District Level Committee on religious places in regard to the do's and don'ts to be observed within each kind of place of worship.

2. Shops may have more than 2 (small shops) or 5 (larger shops), customers at a time, depending upon space available, on the condition that adequate physical distance will be maintained between customers.

F. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE / TRANSPORT / PASSES:

(i)  There shall be no restriction on inter-State and within State movement of persons and goods.

(ii)  All commercial passenger transport vehicles – bus, taxi, cab aggregators (OLA/ Uber etc.) auto rickshaw, cycle rickshaw – are also permitted to ply subject ensuring proper sanitization of the seats and touch points before and after each journey and other safety precautions prescribed.

(iii) However, City buses shall not ply till further orders.

(iv) The passengers travelling in any vehicle (personal or commercial) shall not exceed the permitted seating capacity of the registered vehicle.

(v) Movement by passenger trains and shramik special trains, domestic passenger air travel etc. will continue to be regulated by the SOPS issued by MHA.

G. COMMUNITY AWARENESS / VOLUNTEERS:

1. Responsible behavior on the part of all people through adoption of the prescribed safety precautions and self-regulation are critical to the containment measures being adopted for combating COVID-19. Negligence or non-adoption by any person can be harmful not to just that person or his family but also to others at large. Therefore, the massive community awareness programme launched at State and district level through use of all means of communication (print and electronic media, hoardings at prominent places, posters and pamphlets) educating the people on the essential precautionary measures be carried forward.

2. Schools, Colleges and other educational institutions that are conducting online learning classes shall, in their teaching, necessarily incorporate the advice to students on the key personal safety measures required for combating COVID-19 as part of daily personal habit, namely:

(a) wearing of face mask / cover when stepping out of the house till return back;

(b) practice and ensure social distancing - at least 6 feet from each other; and

(c) frequent washing of hands with soap & water and necessarily washing hands/sanitize after touching any surface of public contact like door handles etc.

The students be also encouraged to disseminate these personal and social habits within their family as well as others.

3. NGOs, other voluntary and community or other organizations and associations are also encouraged to take this matter up in all earnest for disseminating this message.

4. District administration should also enlist volunteers who may assist in educating the public at vantage places and in ensuring social distancing as well as wearing of face masks / cover.

H. IMPLEMENTATION MACHINERY

The implementation machinery shall be the same as per the Order of even number dated March 26th, 2020.