{"id":32207,"date":"2020-08-30T07:44:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T02:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=32207"},"modified":"2020-08-30T07:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T02:14:13","slug":"mha-unlock-4-guidelines-metro-trains-political-gatherings-allowed-states-asked-to-consult-with-centre-before-imposing-lockdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=32207","title":{"rendered":"MHA Unlock 4 guidelines: Metro trains, political gatherings allowed; States asked to consult with Centre before imposing lockdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">PTI<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: The Union Home Ministry on Saturday issued the Unlock 4 guidelines under which metro trains will be allowed to resume services from September 7 in a graded manner, while political, social and religious congregations of up to 100 people will be permitted from September 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ptinews.com\/pti_cms\/gall_content\/2020\/8\/2020_8$img25_Aug_2020_PTI25-08-2020_000150A-ll.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Photo Credit: PTI<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>However, schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions will remain closed for students till September 30, with some relaxations for students of classes 9 to 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant directive, the Home Ministry said that state governments shall not impose any local lockdown outside the containment zones without prior consultation with the central government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said that states and Union Territory governments may permit up to 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools at a time for online teaching or tele-counselling and related work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools in areas outside the containment zones only on a voluntary basis for taking guidance from their teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This will be subject to the written consent of their parents or guardians, according to the guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metro rail will be allowed to operate with effect from September 7 in a graded manner, by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA), the Ministry of Railways (MOR), in consultation with the MHA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In this regard, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) will be issued by the MOHUA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Social, academic, sports, entertainment, cultural, religious, political functions and other congregations will be permitted with a ceiling of 100 persons, with effect from September 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>However, such limited gatherings can be held with the mandatory wearing of face masks, social distancing, provision for thermal scanning and hand wash or sanitizer, the guidelines said.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PTI New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Saturday issued the Unlock 4 guidelines under which metro trains will be allowed to resume services from September 7 in a graded manner, while political, social and religious congregations of up to 100 people will be permitted from September 21. However, schools, colleges, educational and coaching institutions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}