Guidelines on the measures to be taken by Departments of State Government and District Administration for containment of COVID-19 Epidemic in the State of Haryana for lockdown for the period from 03.05.2021(05:00 am onwards) to 10.05.2021 (till 05:00 am).
Commercial and private establishments, as listed below, will be allowed to operate
i. Print and electronic media including broadcasting, DTH and cable services.
ii. IT and IT enabled Services, with upto 50% strength.
iii. Data and call centers for Government activities only.
iv. Government approved Common Services Centers (CSCS) at Gram Panchayate level
V. E-Commerce companies. Vehicle used by e-commerce operators will be allowed to ply with necessary permissions.
vi. Courier Services.
vii. Cold Storage and warehousing services, including at airports, railway stations, container Depots, individual units and other links in the logistics chain.
viii. Private security services and facilities management services for maintenance and upkeep of office and residential complexes.
Xi. Hotels, homestays, lodges and motels, which are accommodating tourists and persons stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air crew.
X. Establishments used/earmarked for Covid quarantine facilities.
xi. Maintenance Services provided by self-employed persons, e.g., electrician, IT repairs, plumbers, motor mechanics and carpenters.
Industries/Industrial Establishment (both Government and private), as listed below, will be allowed to operate:
i. Industries operating in rural areas, i.e. outside the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities.
ii. Manufacturing and other industrial establishments with access control in Special Economic Zones (SEZS) and Export Oriented Units (EoUs), industrial estates, and industrial townships. These establishments shall make arrangements for stay of workers within their premises or at adjacent buildings as far as possible. The transportation of workers to work place shall be arranged by the employers in dedicated transport by ensuring social distancing. iii. Manufacturing units of essential goods, including drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw material and intermediates.
iv. Manufacturing units that supply components/equipment for defence sector. v. Manufacturing units of automobiles and components that are used in defence, agriculture and health sectors..
vi. Food processing industries in rural areas, t.e. outside the limits of Municipal Corporation and municipalities.
vil. Production units, which require continuous process, and their supply chain.
vili. Manufacturing of IT hardware.
ix. Coal production, mines and mineral production, their transportation, supply of explosives and activities incidental to mining operations.
x. Manufacturing units of packaging material.
xi. Jute industries with staggered shifts and social distancing.
xii. Oil and gas exploration/refinery.
xiii. Brick kilns in rural areas, i.e., outside the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities.
Construction activities, listed as below, will be allowed to operate:
i. Construction of roads, irrigation projects, building and all kinds of industrial projects, including MSMEs, in rural areas, i.e. outside the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities; and all kinds of projects in industrial estates.
ii. Construction of renewable energy projects. iii. Continuation of works in construction projects, within the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities, where workers are available on site and no workers are required to be brought in from outside (in situ construction).
Movement of persons is allowed in following cases:
i. Private vehicles for emergency services, including medical, vaccination and veterinary care, and for procuring essential commodities.
ii. All personnel travelling to place of work and backi int he exempted categories.
iii. Students or candidates who have to attend various exams (including competitive exams) will be allowed necessary movement to the examination centres during the lockdown and their examination Hall Tickets should be considered valid for the same. Movement is also allowed for persons those are on examination duties on production of identity cards. Students are allowed to be accompanied by one guardian/parent.
iv. Passengers going to or returning from airport or railway station or I.S.B.T/bus stations will be allowed.
V. Movements of maids, cooks, drivers, domestic help, nurses, medical attendees and care givers to Senior citizens, disabled and ailing persons shall be allowed during the lockdown period.
Transport services
a. Transportation for essential goods only will be allowed. b. Fire, law and order and emergency services will be allowed.
C. Buses for public transport with 50% capacity will be allowed.
d. Metro rail services will be allowed.
e. Taxis (including auto rickshaws and cycle rickshaws) and services of cab aggregators will be allowed as follows: Taxi and cab aggregator will be allowed to ply with a maximum of three. passengers in addition to the driver. Auto/E-rickshaws are allowed to ply with two persons in addition to Auto/E-rickshaw driver. One pillion rider will be allowed on a two-wheeler and it shall be mandatory for both the persons to wear the helmets, masks and gloves. Manually driven rickshaws shall carry not more than two passengers.
f. All passenger movement by trains will be allowed.
Some other activities- restricted/permitted
a. All educational, training, coaching institutions etc. shall remain closed.
b. All cinema halls, malls, shopping complexes, gymnasiums, sport complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places shall remain closed.
c. All social/political/ sports/ entertainment/ academic/ cultural/ religious functions/ other gatherings will be prohibited unless permitted specifically by the Deputy Commissioner.
d. All religious places/ places of worship shall be closed for public. Religious congregations are strictly prohibited.
e. Hotels, restaurants/eating places, food joints (including those in malls) will remain open only for home delivery upto 10:00 PM. Road side dhabas/food stalls including fruit stalls are allowed only to provide parcels or take away services. No person is allowed to stand there and consume food/fruits.
f. In case of funerals, congregation of more than twenty persons will not be permitted.
g. All marriage functions which have taken already prior permission from the concerned District Magistrates or officers authorised by them, shall be allowed subject to the limit of a maximum of 50% of the hall capacity with a ceiling of 30 persons in indoor spaces and of 50 persons in open spaces.
h. However, in containment zones demarcated by concerned District Magistrate, the activities allowed under these guidelines will not be permitted except home delivery of essential food/milk/ration items.
Instructions for enforcement of above lockdown measures:
i. All the District Magistrate shall strictly enforce the National COVID-19 directives as specified in Annexure I. Penalties prescribed shall be levied and collected from all persons and entities violating these directives.
ii. In order to implement these containment measures, the District magistrate will deploy Executive magistrates as Incident Commanders in the respective local jurisdiction. The Incident Commander will be responsible for the overall implementation of these measures in their respective jurisdictions. All other line department officials in the specified area will work under the directions of such Incident Commander. The Incident Commander will issue passes for enabling essential movements as explained.
iii. The Incident Commanders will in particular ensure that all efforts for mobilization of resources, workers and material for augmentation and expansion of hospital infrastructure shall continue without any hindrance.
iv. These guidelines will come into force with effect from 03.05.2021 and will remain in force upto 10.05.2021.
For lockdown passes
All the Industrial Units/entrepreneurs/concerns shall mandatorily apply on Saral haryana portal (https://saralharayana.gov.in) by providing necessary details in order to generate requisite passes for the employees/staff/self.
Penal provisions
Any person violating these lockdown measures will be liable to be proceeded against as per the provisions of Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Sec. 188 of the IPC, and other legal provisions as applicable. Extracts of these penal provisions are at Annexure
