Alok Mishra
Patna: Bihar Government on July 14, 2020, enforced lockdown in the entire state lockdown in entire state from July 16 to July 31, 2020, in view of spurt in Coronavirus infection in the state . This was announced here by the State Home Department. It may be mentioned here that earlier lockdown was enforced in entire Patna district for seven days with effect from July 10, 2020, to July 16, 2020, by Patna DM Kumar Ravi. Some other districts including East Champaran and Bhagalpur had also enforced lockdown for different duration.
In accordance with the Home department’s order, Patna DM Kumar Ravi directed officials to ensure effective implementation of lock -down. All offices of Government of India would remain closed. Exceptions are Defence, Central Military Police Force, Treasury, public utilities (petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG), Disaster Management, Power generation and transmission, post-office, NIC early warning agency.
Patna: Bihar Government on July 14, 2020, enforced lockdown in the entire state lockdown in entire state from July 16 to July 31, 2020, in view of spurt in Coronavirus infection in the state . This was announced here by the State Home Department. It may be mentioned here that earlier lockdown was enforced in entire Patna district for seven days with effect from July 10, 2020, to July 16, 2020, by Patna DM Kumar Ravi. Some other districts including East Champaran and Bhagalpur had also enforced lockdown for different duration.
In accordance with the Home department’s order, Patna DM Kumar Ravi directed officials to ensure effective implementation of lock -down. All offices of Government of India would remain closed. Exceptions are Defence, Central Military Police Force, Treasury, public utilities (petroleum, CNG, LPG, PNG), Disaster Management, Power generation and transmission, post-office, NIC early warning agency.
All the state government offices, its autonomous institutions and corporations would remain closed. Exceptions are Police, Home-guards,
civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management, election and jail, district administration and treasury, IT services,
video-conferencing through Beltron, electricity, water supply,sanitation, health, flood, civil supplies, water resources,
agricultural animal husbandry, municipal body, offices of Forest department – Zoo, Nursery, Park, Plantation, Wildlife Security,
Wildlife Sanctuary. Hospitals and related medical establishments will
remain open.
Commercial and private establishment would remain closed. Exceptions are shops-PDS shop, grocery, fruits, vegetables, milk, milk booths, meat, fish, animal feed, agricultural inputs, bank, insurance office, ATM, IT services, print and electronic media, communications, Internet service, Broadcasting and cable service, IT, e-commerce, petrol pumps, LPG petroleum, power generation, transmission, distribution unit and service, cold storage & Warehouse Service, private security service, hospitality services Hotel, Motel, Lodge. Restaurants will open for home delivery.
All other establishments would adopt work from home. All industrial establishments will remain open. However, all transport services will remain suspended. Exceptions are all essential service related vehicles, air and rail services will run. All government vehicles and
private vehicles which are functioning in government offices will run.
All construction activities and related shops will remain open and all agricultural activities and related shops will be open. All educational
institutions and training research coaching institutes would be closed. Online and distance education will continue. All shrines will
remain closed for public worship. No religious crowd can gather at these places. All cultural religious ceremonies and gatherings are banned.
civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management, election and jail, district administration and treasury, IT services,
video-conferencing through Beltron, electricity, water supply,sanitation, health, flood, civil supplies, water resources,
agricultural animal husbandry, municipal body, offices of Forest department – Zoo, Nursery, Park, Plantation, Wildlife Security,
Wildlife Sanctuary. Hospitals and related medical establishments will
remain open.
Commercial and private establishment would remain closed. Exceptions are shops-PDS shop, grocery, fruits, vegetables, milk, milk booths, meat, fish, animal feed, agricultural inputs, bank, insurance office, ATM, IT services, print and electronic media, communications, Internet service, Broadcasting and cable service, IT, e-commerce, petrol pumps, LPG petroleum, power generation, transmission, distribution unit and service, cold storage & Warehouse Service, private security service, hospitality services Hotel, Motel, Lodge. Restaurants will open for home delivery.
All other establishments would adopt work from home. All industrial establishments will remain open. However, all transport services will remain suspended. Exceptions are all essential service related vehicles, air and rail services will run. All government vehicles and
private vehicles which are functioning in government offices will run.
All construction activities and related shops will remain open and all agricultural activities and related shops will be open. All educational
institutions and training research coaching institutes would be closed. Online and distance education will continue. All shrines will
remain closed for public worship. No religious crowd can gather at these places. All cultural religious ceremonies and gatherings are banned.