The ten-day lockdown imposed to break the corona chain ended at midnight on Thursday. The city is gearing to return to Unlock 1.0 with limited restrictions from Friday.
All essential and non-essential shops to operate from 9 am to 5 pm. For the past five days, only shops selling essential goods were allowed to operate from 8 am to noon.
Among non-essential shops allowed to function are salons, beauty parlours, and roadside mechanic workshops and two-wheeler and car dealers.
Vegetable and cloth markets too have been allowed to operate on P1 and P2 basis. Civic grounds and gardens have also been opened.Hotels and restaurants will continue with home deliveryE-commerce and food delivery services have been allowed.Open playgrounds for individual sports will be allowedIndustries will continue to function as earlier Private offices and IT firms have been allowed to operate at 50 per cent strength.Schools and colleges, shopping malls, and commercial complexes will continue to remain shut, along with gyms and swimming pools. Buses will also remain out of bounds.
The order stated that workers from containment zones will need civic permission to go to their workplace.