Following the Union Ministry of Home Affairs new guidelines for the fourth phase of lockdown, Punjab government issued its guidelines for lockdown, which is slated to end on May 31, after scrapping curfew.
In lockdown 4.0, Punjab government has allowed movement of persons withing the state from 7 am to 7 pm, barring the containment zones from Monday. Govt allowed public transport to ply in the state, including autos and taxis in the non-containment zones.
Allowing movement of vehicles including public transport within the state, it has allowed Inter-State Buses with mutual consent of other states.
For taxis, four wheelers and cab aggregator it shall be limited to one driver and two passengers. For rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, one driver/puller and two passengers. For two wheelers and bicycles, it shall be limited to one rider or wife and husband or with one minor child.
Night curfew, however, will be strictly implemented across the state from 7 pm to 7 am.
Shops in Punjab can now open from 7 am to 6 pm.
OPDs in government and private hospitals have been allowed. Sports complex and stadium without spectators has also been allowed.
While shops in rural and urban areas have been allowed, restaurants have only been allowed to operate for home delivery & take-away in staggered manner.
Barber shops and haircut salons (both in rural and urban areas) have been allowed with condition of no over-crowding.
People above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, children aged below 10 shall have to stay at home.
These relaxations do not apply to containment zones, the Punjab government has said.
Educational institutions, hotels, restaurants, cinema halls, malls, swimming pools, gyms in Punjab will continue to remain shut till May 31.
