TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Restaurants, shopping malls, hotels and religious places on Monday threw their doors open to the public over nearly two and a half months after the COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown was imposed across the country. The businesses will, however, have to follow the stringent guidelines issued by the Health Ministry to control the spread of the highly viral disease.
As a part of the ”Unlock 1”, the Centre has asked religious places, restaurants, malls to thoroughly cleanse the area and adhere to social distancing norms and other protocols. While entrance to religious places and malls must have hand sanitizer dispensers and thermal screening provisions, not more than 50 per cent of seating capacity is permitted at food courts and restaurants.
In Delhi”s Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, Gurbani was recited by Granthis on the opening of religious places on Monday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also offered prayers at the Gorakhnath temple. He is the head priest of the temple. With zero footfall, paucity of cash flow, movie theatres and shopping malls were the most affected sectors of the economy in the times of the pandemic.