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  • All centrally protected ASI monuments to reopen from June 16

    By PTI
    AGRA: The Taj Mahal and all other centrally protected monuments, museums and sites, closed for around two months due to the Covid pandemic, will be reopened on June 16, an Archaeological Survey of India order issued on Monday said.

    These include 3,693 monuments and 50 museums across India.

    An ASI official said visitors will be able to book entry tickets online.

    However, no offline booking facility will be available, the official added.

    According to the ASI order, the opening of the monuments will be in strict compliance with the executive orders, if any, issued by the state, district or the disaster management authority.

    “Today @MinOfCultureGoI has given @ASIGoI approval to duly open all the monuments of India from 16 June 2021. Tourists can visit the monuments following the Corona rules. Good luck to all,” tweeted Union Culture and Tourism minister Prahlad Patel.

    Appropriate guidelines and SOPs issued by Union and states governments, ministries and departments will be scrupulously followed while regulating the flow of visitors, the order said.

    In an order on April 15, the ASI had shut these monuments till May 31.

    Last year, all monuments and sites maintained by the ASI were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 17.

    They reopened in July with strict restrictions like mandatory wearing of masks, a cap on the number of visitors and social distancing.

    The curbs were relaxed later in the year.

    However, due to the surge in cases again this year, these monuments were closed for the public.

    Superintending Archeologist, Agra Circle ASI, Dr Vasant Kumar Swarnkar said Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri and other centrally-protected monuments, sites and museums will be reopened from Wednesday.

    “We will maintain social distancing among the visitors and sanitisation of the monuments premises will be done thrice in a day. The body temperature will be checked through a thermal thermometer. Besides, the shoes of the tourists would be properly sanitised,” he told PTI.

    “Tourists would not be allowed to touch any object inside the Taj Mahal and other monuments and sites. They have to follow social distancing norms while sitting as well,” he added.

  • Unreleased traffic signals at Kawardha, traffic system crumbling

    The district has been unlocked, but the city’s traffic department still remains locked. After getting the concession after the lockdown, congestion in the city has started increasing. Crowds are visible from the bank to the market. The traffic system has collapsed due to congestion. The light of the only Signal Chowk in the city has not been turned on yet. Because of this people are driving their own vehicles. Please tell that the signal lights are off since the time of lockdown.

  • छत्तीसगढ़ 31 मई के बाद होगा अनलॉक, शोरूम, मॉल, बाजारों और दुकानों को इस शर्त पर खोल सकेंगे, कलेक्टर्स जल्द जारी करेंगे आदेश

    In Chhattisgarh, there was a long lockdown till May 31 due to corona. Now the government is ready to unlock, given the control of Corona. Collectors may soon allow showrooms, malls, markets and shops to open without interruption, but night curfew will continue in the state.

    Chhattisgarh will be unlocked after May 31
    According to information received from the sources, all markets and shops, showrooms, malls etc. in all the districts with a positivity rate of 8% or less than 8% will be allowed to open without any rostering or restrictions. All establishments will be essentially closed after 6.00 pm.

    Understand who is allowed point by point
    There will be no facilities for sitting in hotels and restaurants.
    Hotels and restaurants will only allow takeaway meals and online / swiggy, zomato delivery.
    Cinema halls and theaters will remain closed.
    All districts with a positivity rate greater than 8% will continue the lockdown with restrictions.
    All shops and establishments will be essentially closed till 6.00 pm till the next morning. Night curfew will continue
    Marriage and cremation will be allowed, but restrictions on marriage and funerals as per earlier instructions should not be the presence of individuals with maximum limits.
    Hotels may be allowed to hold marriage ceremonies subject to restrictions.
    Ban on any kind of social, cultural, religious and political processions, organizations and gatherings will continue.
    Please tell that the collectors will issue instructions based on the circumstances of their districts. Even after the lockdown is lifted, the night curfew will remain in the state.