Unlock 1.0 | Opening restaurants, religious places: Rules in different states

Temples and mosques will reopen on June 8 but churches will be allowed from June 13 in Karnataka

Moneycontrol News

June 08, 2020 / 07:32 IST

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In accordance with the guideline of the central government, malls, restaurants and religious places are set to open from June 8 in the first phase of Unlock 1, as mentioned by the government in the guidelines issued for the fifth phase of coronavirus-enforced lockdown.

However, the opening of the above mentioned permitted places differs from state to state.

Delhi

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced that malls, restaurants and religious places in Delhi would open from June 8, but banquets and hotels would remain closed.

In an online briefing on June 7, Kejriwal said hotels and banquets might be converted into hospitals in the coming days to treat the novel coronavirus patients and, therefore, they would remain shut.

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