Lockdown relaxed after two weeks

JHAPA, August 17: The district COVID-19 crisis management centre here has decided to relax lockdown imposed in the district for two weeks. The centre meeting held on Monday decided to allow the running of all sorts of shops and kiosks from 10:00am to 6:00pm in the district, said Chief District Officer Shravan Kumar Timsina. 

However, the groceries and shops drawing crowds would be allowed from 6:00am to 10:00am. The public vehicles are permitted throughout the day. 

The public buses and micro buses are directed not to carry more passengers than allocated number of seats.

The order relaxing the lockdown would continue for a week. Similarly, bank and financial institutes would be run on rotational basis. The market places and events gathering people as rally are prohibited. 

The hotels and lodges are allowed to run in 50 percent of capacity. Daily disinfection is made mandatory in the hotels and lodges.

Earlier, full fledge lockdown was in place in the district. The entrepreneurs had been pressing the administration to lift the prohibitory order. Chairman of the District Chamber of Commerce, had even submitted a memorandum to CDO Shravan Kumar Timsina, requesting him to lift the lockdown.