Local vegetable vendors allowed to open from 7 am to 10 am on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday
Curfew relaxed for 13 hours for 15 days
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, August 08 2021: The State Government has relaxed curfew for 13 hours for 15 days with effect from August 8, 2021 with a number of activities permitted during the relaxation hours.

The night curfew will now be effective from 6 pm to 5 am till August 22 across the State.

According to an office memorandum issued by Chief Secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar, unavoidable customary and religious rituals can be performed in open sheds with only 20 invitees in attendance at the maximum.

The memorandum also directed the Police and Health Departments to monitor the micro containment zone strictly, isolate the fresh Covid positive cases as soon as possible and to scale up vaccination, contact tracing and Covid testing by deploying additional manpower, mobility support and IEC-advocacy.

In the fresh order, wholesale shops of grocery and food essentials at Thangal Bazar and Masjid Road are allowed to open from 7 am to 12 noon to cater to requirements of retailers in the districts.

Retailers from Imphal West and Imphal East can procure their requirements from Thangal Bazar and Masjid Road on Saturday and Sunday respectively while those from Senapati and Kangpokpi can do the same from Thangal Bazar and retailers from Kamjong from Masjid Road on Monday.

Local vegetable vendors allowed to open from 7 am to 10 am on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday

The remaining schedule are as below:

Tuesday (For Bishnupur and Noney from Thangal Bazar and those from Tamenglong from Masjid Road); Wednesday (For Ukhrul, Chandel from Thangal Bazar and for Pherzawl from Masjid Road); Thursday (For Thoubal, Kakching from Thangal Bazar and those from Tengnoupal from Masjid Road) and Friday (For Churachadnpur from Thangal Bazar and those from Jiribam from Masjid Road) .

List of other permitted activities
Government offices will start functioning with e-office and physical attendance of Group A officers and 33 percent of the remaining staff from August 9 onwards by taking adequate precaution while employees working in Information and Public Relations, Power, Fire Service, PHED, CAF & PD, Health, Relief and DM, Forest, Environment & Climate Change, Finance and Treasuries, Police Departments and Districts Administration will function normally.

Offices of Insurance Companies; Postal and Banking Services are also allowed to resume business with limited staff on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 am to 2.30 pm.

Limited officers and staff at Postal and Banking Services can function on the remaining days without public transaction.

ATM services including refilling of cash is also allowed.

In terms of health and welfare services, opening of all healthcare facilities, pharmacies and opticians including animal healthcare and those selling veterinary medicines and movement of healthcare workers are allowed.

Opening of Opticians outside Thangal and Paona Bazars are also allowed from 10 am to 2 pm.

There is also no restriction on movement of persons for Covid vaccination, testing and medical emergencies; Child Protection Services and home delivery services under ICDS/ICPS (supplementary nutrient for children, pregnant and lactating mothers).

Agriculture and Horticulture: All agriculture and horticulture activities and opening of shops and establishments dealing with fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, mechanical tools, fish and animal feed are also exempted from the purview of the curfew.

Shops and establishments opening of rice mills; bakeries; petrol pumps; LPG outlets; movement of IOCL staff; spare part shops - one each out of three spare part shops, three tyre shops and three battery shops of heavy vehicles is allowed to open from 10 am to 2 pm on all days except Sunday.

Authorised dealers of spare parts, tyre and batteries of heavy vehicles located outside Thangal Bazar may also be allowed to open from 10 am to 2pm; vehicle workshops of good trucks, petrol tankers LPG bullets etc (from 9 am to 3 pm) ; stationery shops and authorised mobile and computer servicing centres (from 10 am to 2 pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday) are also allowed.

Local vegetable vendors are allowed to open from 7 am to 10 am on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday by maintaining at least 6 feet gap from one another and by wearing face masks.

Grocery shops in a locality have been directed to open on a rotational basis from 7 am to 10 am.

Shops selling fish, poultry and products will open from 8 am to 11 am on Monday, Thursday and Saturday while those vending milk and fresh milk products can open from 6 am to 9 am everyday.

Hotels for lodging are also allowed to open with minimum staff, while restaurants will remain closed.

Home delivery of goods and services, including e-commerce platforms are also allowed to resume business.

Construction activities for Government projects subject to onsite stay arrangement of workers have also been exempted.

The Chief Secretary urged the Deputy Commissioners and SPs to take necessary actions to implement the orders strictly.