Delhi Covid-19 Unlock: Good news for Delhiites! Delhi Metro and public buses will be permitted to operate with one hundred per cent seating capacity from July 26, whilst in the case of cinemas, theaters and multiplexes, the seating capacity will stay 50 per cent, according to the DDMA’s (Delhi Disaster Management Authority) order issued on Saturday. Cinemas, multiplexes, and spas will reopen from Monday in Delhi. The quantity of guests permitted in marriages and funerals has been raised to one hundred from 50 and 20 respectively. From Monday, all the auditoriums and assembly halls are permitted to function with a seating capacity of 50 per cent.
Schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutes nonetheless stay below the category of prohibited activities in the city. Not just this, all the festival-connected gatherings, social, political, entertainment, cultural, religious, sports gatherings will stay banned in Delhi.
The relaxation on metro seating capacity (at one hundred per cent) comes as a enormous relief to commuters who are heavily dependent on this transit program for commuting. Due to COVID, the seating capacity was only 50 per cent at Delhi metro. Because of which commuters had been facing hassles as the metro was regulating commuters’ entry inside the station leaving only one gate open. This would lead to longer queues and waiting of up to 80 minutes in case of stations like Rajiv Chowk and Huda City Centre. Passengers will not be permitted to stand inside the Metro, stated the DDMA order on Saturday.
Even with the most current relaxations, an eight-coach metro train will carry a maximum of 400 passengers, as compared to 2,400 on a frequent day, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) sources stated. Spa owners have been asked to comply with situations which are – mandatory vaccination, or fortnightly RT-PCR tests for staffers.
Delhi was below a lockdown involving April 19 and May 30, and began unlocking in a phased manner from May 31 with permission to resume factories inside industrial regions and building activities. Malls, markets, and the Delhi Metro services had been permitted to restart at 50% capacity on June 7. The 50 per cent cap was removed in case of markets and malls from June 14.