NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced the opening of shops in markets on an odd-even basis and running of buses with 20 passengers but said Metro services, schools, colleges, cinema halls and saloons will remain closed till May 31.
“We have to gradually move towards opening the economy. We used the lockdown period to make preparations to deal with COVID-19. The penance done by Delhiites in the last one-and-a-half-months will not go waste,” the Chief Minister said at an online media briefing.
“Coronavirus will remain, but life will also have to go on. We cannot have a lockdown permanently,” he said.
All kinds of shops will be allowed to open in the national Capital. Restaurants can open for home-delivery and takeaways but dining facilities will not be permitted, he added.
“Shops in markets will open on an odd-even basis. Stand-alone shops, neighbourhood shops and shops in the residential complex will remain open,” he said.
“If social-distancing is not maintained by a shopkeeper, his or her shop will be closed by the authorities,” Kejriwal warned.
This story is from the May 19 , 2020 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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