Lockdown notice

22 Jul 2020 / West Bengal, India

West Bengal State Government has announced that a state-wide lockdown will be observed on Thursday 23 July, Saturday 25 July and Wednesday 29 July, from 6am to 10pm on each day.

During the lockdown on these days, all government and private offices, commercial establishments, public and private transport and all activities not covered under exemptions as below shall remain closed:

  1. Health services including movement of health personnel/patients by public and private transport
  2. Medicine shops and pharmacies
  3. Law and order, courts, correctional services, fire and emergency services
  4. Electricity, water and conservancy services
  5. Continuous process industries and industries with in-house workers
  6. Agriculture operations; Tea Garden operations in field
  7. Intrastate and interstate movement of goods
  8. E-Commerce; Capital and debt market services as notified by SEBI
  9. Print, electronic media and asocial media
  10. Home delivery of cooked food

Norms of physical distancing, wearing of marks, health and hygiene protocol must be strictly adhered to at all times.

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