Mumbai: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the imposition of a three-tier lockdown in the state from May 24 to June 8 and issued fresh guidelines.
However, the state may allow some relaxations in commercial activities from June 1 in districts where the Covid19 situation improves significantly.
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The decision was taken in the meeting of the State Council of Ministers on Saturday, a guideline of three-level public discipline lockdown has been issued beginning from 5 am on May 24 to 5 am on June 8 in the state.
Under the three-level public discipline lockdown, social behaviour at the family, ward, village, city and state level is expected to be followed in order to bring changes in accordance with the COVID protocol.
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Three-tier public discipline lockdown:
First level: Realizing family responsibility as the people will have to stop the entry of outsiders into their houses for some time. If necessary, open spaces can be combined with social distancing, so that the family elders, children and other people are protected.
Second level: Effective monitoring of such activities in the villages and neighbourhoods is expected to spread the infection. It will be ensured that no more than 5 people gather at any place.
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Third level: Apart from a medical emergency and permissible category, movement from one city to another– such as city to village, village to city and village to village will have to be completely banned. Village level monitoring committees will have to play their special role in this.
Meanwhile, the fine for not wearing a face mask at public places or workplaces has been increased by the state government from Rs 500 to Rs 1,000.
However, It will be mandatory for travellers coming from outside the state to submit the RT-PCR negative report, conducted within 72 hours.
If a passenger does not submit a negative test report, the person will be quarantined for 15 days, said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
As per the data, the Covid19 death toll in the state jumped to 7,703 with 113 more fatalities. 6,521 new cases pushed the infection count to 9,16,042 while the number of active cases stands at 1,12,218.
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