Maharashtra weekend lockdown: Here’s everything you need to know, religious places, malls shut

Maharashtra government on Sunday ordered that there will be complete lockdown on weekends starting from Friday at 8 pm till Monday 7 am to curb the covid cases in the state.

The said order will come into force from 8 PM on Monday, 5th April 2021 and will remain in force till 11.59 PM on 30th April, 2021

Here is the order from the state government

Imposition of Section 144 and Night Curfew 
a) Section 144 to be imposed in the State. 
b) From 7 AM to 8 PM on Monday to Friday, no more than 5 people to move together or gather in any public place. 
c) Rest of the period (i.e. From 8 PM to 7 AM on weekdays and from 8 PM Friday to 7 AM Monday) no one to move in public place without valid reasons or by permission contained herein below. 
d) Medical and other essential services are exempted and their movements or operations are to be unrestricted.

Essential Services to include the following
a. Hospitals, diagnostic centers, Clinics, Medical insurance offices, Pharmacies, Pharmaceutical companies, other medical and health services. 
b. Groceries, Vegetables Shops, dairies, bakeries, confectionaries, food shops. 
C. Public Transport -Trains, Taxis, Autos and public buses. 
d. Services related to functioning of offices of Diplomats of various countries 
e. Pre Monsoon Activities by local authorities 
f. All Public Services by local authorities. 
g. Transport of Goods 
h. Agriculture related services
i. E-Commerce 
j. Accredited Media 
k. Services designated as essential services by local disaster management authority

Outdoor Activity 
a) All beaches/ gardens/ public grounds to remain closed from 8 PM to 7 AM on weekdays and from 8 PM Friday to 7 AM Monday. 
b) Between 7 AM to 8 PM on Monday to Friday, visitors to follow strictly Covid Appropriate Behaviour. 
c) Local authorities to ensure that such places are closely supervised and in case of crowding occurring in such locations to a point where the local authorities feel that it behaviour of visitors is not disciplined and may lead to transmission/ spread of the COVID-19 virus, then they may close down the same.

Shops, Markets and Malls All shops, markets and malls to remain closed throughout the day except for essential services. 
a. Essential services shops to operate while ensuring social distancing between customers in the shop premises. Extra customers to be kept waiting with adequate social distancing with markings wherever possible. 
b. Essential shops owners and person working at all shops to get vaccinated at the earliest, as per criteria of GOl. All shops are advised to follow safety measures like interaction with customers through a transparent glass or other material shields, electronic payment etc. 
c. All shop owners that are closed for now are advised to get all persons working with them to get vaccinated as per criteria of GOI as well as prepare with measures like like interaction with customers through a transparent glass or other material shields, electronic payment etc. so that government can expedite reopening of the same without fear of spread.

All Private offices to remain closed except for the following: 
a. Cooperative, PSU and Private Banks 
b. BSE/ NSE 
c. Electric Supply related Companies 
d. Telecom Service Providers 
e. Insurance/ Mediclaim Companies 
f. Pharmaceutical company offices needed for management of production distribution b) Local disaster management.

Restaurants, Bars, Hotels
a) All Restaurants and bars to remain closed, except for those inside the campus and integral parts of hotels. 
b) Take away orders, parcels and home delivery services to be allowed between 7 AM to 8 PM from Monday to Friday. On weekends only home delivery services shall be allowed between 7 AM to 8 PM and there shall be no visiting any restaurant or bar for ordering purposes or pickup. 
c) Restaurants and bars inside hotels are to be open only for in-house guests. In no circumstance should outside guests be allowed. For outsiders, they will follow the same restrictions as any other restaurant and bar as mentioned above. 
d) All personnel belonging to home delivery services to be vaccinated at the earliest as per GOI guidelines. However, in case the person is not vaccinated, he will have to carry a negative RT PCR report which will be valid till 15 days. This rule will be applicable from 10th April, 2021. 
e) Without negative RT PCR Certificate/ without being vaccinated as above, post 10th April 2021 a fine of Rs 1000/- will be levied on the offender and fine of Rs 10,000 will be levied on the establishment. Repeated offenders may be withdrawn licenses or permissions for operations till notification for COVID 19 epidemic remains in force. 
All staff that may work in these restaurants and bars are advised to get vaccinated at the earliest, as per GOI guidelines, so that reopening of these may be expedited.