The Government of Assam has through an order dated 1st June, 2020 issued fresh guidelines for Unlock 1 and allowed certain activities with strict compliance of social distancing, hygiene and all other protocols as directed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for containment of Covid-19 epidemic across the country.
The new guidelines has allowed the opening of hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services, shopping malls from June 8 by maintaining social distancing with 50 per cent of total capacity at a time.
Has further allowed religious places, places of worship for the public from June 8, 2020, subject to a gathering of maximum 20 (twenty) persons per hour. However, if any religious place has only a small area, the management committee of such religious institutions shall downsize the number of attendees accordingly. (All religious institutions shall issue disposable paper tokens to regulate the number of visitors per hour and ensure safe disposal of tokens before entering the religious places)
Open spaces and public parks for Yoga, morning walk, jogging etc. without sitting arrangements will be open from June 15, 2020. Persons entrusted with the responsibility of maintenance of such areas shall be responsible for maintaining social distancing and hygiene norms. Film and video shooting for both Government and private in open spaces and studios by maintaining social distancing from June 15, 2020 will be allowed.
The State Government has allowed to open barbershops and parlours for hair trimming purposes only from June 1 by maintaining social distancing and strict use of masks and gloves with very frequent sanitization.
Source: Government of Assam
