21-day lockdown in India due to Coronvirus: Here's a list of what is open and what is shut
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a complete lockdown for 21 days starting midnight in India to combat the deadly Novel Coronavirus.
"From 12 midnight, there will be complete lockdown across the entire country. For the benefit of the country, there will be a complete lockdown in every nook and corner of India. People are not allowed to step outside their homes from midnight 12," PM Modi announced in his second address to the nation over the Coronavirus spread.
Modi said people should forget about stepping out of the home during this period. "The only and only work you should do is staying at home," said he.
"If we don't take precautions in these 21 days, we will go back by 21 years and won't be able to recover ever. I am telling you this not as a PM but as a member of your family. Please stay indoors," urged the Prime Minister.
Modi warned that: "Your one step outside will invite Corona to your home."
Here is a complete list of what will be available and what will be exempted:
Sectors exempted from lockdown:
Banks, insurance offices, and ATMs
Essential services like sanitation, water supply, power
Hospitals and all related medical establishments, including manufacturing and distribution units, both in public and private sector, such as dispensaries, chemists, labs, clinics, nursing homes, ambulance
Transport for all medical personnel, nurses, paramedical staff, other hospital support
Shops, including ration shops (under PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal fodder
Home delivery of food, medicines, medical equipment
Print and electronic media, telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting and cable services and IT-enabled services (for essential services)
Petrol pumps, LPG, petroleum and gas retail, storage outlets
Power generation, transmission and distribution units and services
Capital and debt market services as notified by SEBI
Cold storage and warehousing services
Private security services
Manufacturing units of essential commodities.
Production units, which require continuous process, after obtaining required permission from state government
Transport of essential goods, fire, law and order and emergency services
Hotels, homestays, lodges and motels accommodating tourists and those stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air and sea crew, establishments used for quarantine.
In funerals, not more than 20 persons will be permitted.
Defence, central armed police forces, treasury
Public utilities like petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG
Disaster management, post offices, police, home guards, fire and emergency services, prisons.
What will remain shut:
All transport, flights, trains, roadways
All government offices with exceptions
Commercial and private establishments
Industrial establishments
Hospitality establishments
Educational institutions
All places of worship, religious congregations
All social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural, religious functions
Here is a complete list of both permitted and prohibited activities #COVID2019 #Covid_19india pic.twitter.com/BrenckYnth
— PIB India (@PIB_India) March 24, 2020
Penalties for wrongdoing:
All persons who have arrived in India after Feb 15 and all directed quarantine will stay home. If they come out will face action that could mean up to six months in jail
Punishment for obstruction of duty: One to two years in jail or fine
Punishment for false claim: Up to two years in jail and fine
Punishment for false alarm: Up to one year in jail or with fine
The relevant sections of the Disaster Management Act 2005 that cover offences and penalties, provided below for reference #COVID2019 #COVID pic.twitter.com/pipNr0Tfj9
— PIB India (@PIB_India) March 24, 2020
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