On Friday, the Maharashtra government issued an additional list of activities that will be permitted after April 20 to mitigate hardship caused by the lockdown.
The government has listed selected activities that will be allowed in non-hotspot areas from April 20. In order to restart the economic cycle, some industrial and commercial activities will be restarted from the said date. All health services (including AYUSH) and activities related to fisheries, agriculture, plantation and allied activities, animal husbandry, etc will remain functional. MNREGA workers will also be allowed, given they practice social distancing and use face masks.
To mitigate hardship of the People, selected additional activities will be allowed, which will come to effect from 20/04/2020.
These activities will be operationalized by the concerned authorities based on the strict compliance to the existing guidelines on lockdown measures. pic.twitter.com/lvMrWKsVtk
— CMO Maharashtra (@CMOMaharashtra) April 17, 2020
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown till May 3, the MHA issued detailed guidelines for the extended lockdown with new points like compulsions of wearing a face mask in public places, a fine on spitting in public places.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra continues to be the worst-affected state with a total of 3,323 cases. While 331 patients have recovered, 201 deaths have been reported.