Lockdown 4.0: Punjab issues guidelines, public transport to ply in non-containment zones

Rajmeet Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 17

Following MHA guidelines on lockdown 4, Punjab government has allowed movement of persons within the state from 7 am to 7 pm, barring the containment zones from Monday.

Night curfew, however, will be strictly implemented across the state from 7 pm to 7 am.

While ending the curfew from Monday, the state has extended the lockdown till May 31.

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.

OPDs in government and private hospitals have been allowed. Sports complex and stadia 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.