COVID-19: Weekend Shutdown Begins in All Urban Areas in Odisha from Today

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19 outbreak, the Odisha Government has enforced weekend shutdown in all urban areas in the State from today.

The weekend shutdown began from this morning and will continue till 5 am on Monday.

One-hour relaxation has been given for morning walks and cycling between 5 am and 6 am during the weekend shutdown.

During the shutdown, the following activities have been allowed:

• All medical establishments including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, including medicine stores, movement of ambulance and all medical personnel.
• District and Municipal Administration/ police/ Fire Services
• Central and state government officials on emergency duty
• Telecom services
• Petrol pumps
• LPG distribution, home delivery of cooking gas and associated facilities, associated personnel and vehicular movement
• Print and Electronic Media identified by Commissionerate/ District police
• Water Supply, sanitation and sewerage workers
• Electricity supply and distribution
• Movement of goods and goods carriers, whether loaded or unloaded
• Industrial establishments, factories and construction activities
• Agriculture, horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, veterinary services and allied activities, including procurement at Mandis
• Service sector industries, including IT/ ITeS, hotel & hospitality units. Operation of hotels and hospitality units, including their associated offices, movement of staff and associated personnel
• Movement of rail and air transport
• Road transport on highways, road movement of transiting vehicles
• Movement of public transport, private vehicles and taxis (including cabs by aggregators like Ola, Uber, etc.) to and from airports, railway station and bus terminals/stands/stops, for facilitating the movement of passengers by air, rail and road
• Marriages and funerals, with permission of local authority
• ATMs and critical financial institutions like RBI, clearing Houses
• Operations of Airports, Railway Stations, Bus Terminals and their associated offices, movement of associated personnel and activities
• Home delivery of food, groceries, vegetables and essential items by restaurants and aggregators such as Zomato, Swiggy, etc.
• Dhabas along National and State Highways/ major roads for takeaway only
• Milk booths and related activities
• Food & grocery stores such as Reliance Fresh, Big Bazaar, Chilika Fresh and others for home delivery only
• Newspaper hawkers between 5.00 am to 8.00 am only