Controlled ‘unlocking’ in UP from June 1

Virendra Singh Rawat

Lucknow / May 31, 2021

 

With the daily positivity rate dwindling amid a marked improvement in the Covid-19 active cases, the Uttar Pradesh government has allowed for controlled ‘unlocking’ in 61 of 75 districts from June 1.

 

The districts which have less than 600 active cases will witness a relaxation in Corona Curfew outside containment zones. The state has permitted the lifting of day curfew in such districts between 7 am and 7 pm.

 

However, the weekend curfew on Saturday and Sunday apart from the night curfew would stay across the state, while the shopping malls, cinema, gyms, clubs, educational institutions etc would remain shut too.

 

Major cities including Lucknow, Meerut, Saharanpur, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Muzaffarnagar, Bareilly and Noida would remain under ‘lockdown’ for the time being.

 

The remaining 14 districts would see automatic revocation of Corona Curfew from the day their active case load slips below 600 on the basis of the daily health department report.

 

The restaurants would only be allowed to home deliver food even as the eateries lining the state highways could function after following the norms.

 

Meanwhile, the transport and logistics companies, warehouses etc would be allowed to function to cater the ferrying of essential commodities such as food, medicines etc.

 

EOM