In order to prevent further spread of Covid-19, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued fresh guidelines for street vendors, shopping malls, spa and saloons, auditoriums and cinema halls and all other business establishments.
In the notification, the civic body said, “In view of the rise in number of newly-detected cases of Covid-19 in BMC area, the following stipulations are mentioned for strict adherence by all concerned.”
Street vendors like tiffin shops, tea shops and juice stalls shall have to ensure limited crowding of customers in their shops. Better, they should adopt takeaway methods, the notification stated.
Business establishments including shopping malls must ensure limited crowding of customers in their premises. Adherence to Covid-appropriate behaviours like social distancing, use of mask, hand sanitisation and other safety protocols is mandatory.
The shopping mall owners shall have to designate an officer of their establishment as Covid Compliant Officer to supervise the activities.
Closed venues like auditoriums and cinema halls must also ensure Covid safety protocols.
Notably, any deviation in this regard would be taken as violation of provisions of the Odisha Covid Regulations, 2020 and the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. Violation of the stipulations would invite appropriate action, the BMC notification mentioned.