Lockdown: Meghalaya govt lifts restrictions on number of activities
The relaxtion will be allowed in the entire stateexcept in the state capital and in Mylliem Block of East KhasiHills District.
Meghalaya chief secretary M S Rao said servicesprovided by self-employed persons including electrician, ITrepairs, plumbers, motor mechanics, and carpenters and shopsfor repair of trucks on highways, hardware stores forproviding items like CGI Sheets and cement that are used forconstruction including transportation of the same andelectrical shops are also allowed to operate.
Meghalaya has so far reported 12 COVID-19 positivecases of which 11 are still active and one person has died ofcoronavirus.
According to the chief secretary, all agriculture andallied sectors activities like farming operations includinglivestock farming, poultry, fishery and hatcheries,collection, processing and distribution of milk and milkproducts, mandis by APMC, procurement and marketing ofagricultural produce, Custom Hiring Centers, cold storage andwarehouses are also permitted to begin operations.
Manufacturing, packaging and distribution ofagriculture inputs, seed, animal feed and fodder, movement ofharvesting and sowing related machines and implements besidesoperation of Tea industry including plantations with maximum50 per cent of workforce for production, processing, packagingand marketing are also permitted.
Transportation of all agricultural products subject totransit point and route specified by respective DeputyCommissioners considering prevailing COVID-19 situation areallowed and veterinary hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, saleand supply of medicine and vaccines are allowed to operate, hesaid.
MNREGA works are allowed with strict implementation ofsocial distancing and face mask and priority is to be given toirrigation and water conservation works.
Construction activities such as construction of roads,irrigation projects, buildings and all kinds of industrialprojects, including MSMEs, in rural areas, outside the limitsof municipal corporations and municipalities and all kinds ofprojects in industrial estates are allowed including quarryingof chips and aggregates including their transportation. JOPRG RG