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List of prohibited activities at notified wards in Guwahati
June 23: The large scale spread of COVID-19 affected cases among the general public of certain areas of Guwahati City has posed as a major threat to public health, hygiene and safety of the general population. It is in this backdrop that the Chairman of the State Executive Committee of Assam State Disaster Management Authority, in exercise of the powers, conferred under Section 22(2)(h) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, issued directives to Commissioner of Police, City and District Magistrate, Kamrup Metropolitan District to enforce total lockdown in the areas given below. This order shall come into force in the 11 wards with effect from 9 PM of 23 June, 2020 and shall remain in force until further orders.
Prohibited activities in the notified wards under lockdown:
- Movement of individuals shall remain strictly prohibited in the specified areas.
- All government offices, offices of autonomous/subordinate offices and private offices shall remain closed.
- All business/commercial establishments, shops and trade activities shall remain closed.
- All Industrial establishments shall remain closed.
- All public transport services shall remain suspended.
- Movement of all Private vehicles is banned.
- All hospitality services shall remain suspended.
- All educational, research, training, coaching institutions shall remain closed.
- All places of worship shall remain closed for public. No religious congregation will be permitted without any exception.
- All social/political/sports/entertainment/academic/cultural/religious functions, gathering shall be barred.
- Not more than 20 persons will be permitted in case of funerals.
- Spitting in public places is banned and will be punishable with fine, as may be prescribed by the local authority in accordance with its laws, rules or regulations.
- Consumption and sale of liquor, paan, gutka, tobacco etc.in public places are prohibited.
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