The government has restricted the movement of people and vehicles from 10 pm to 5 am except for emergency purposes.
Issuing a new directive ‘Lockdown Security Standards-2020,’ today, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that people will not be allowed to walk outside their homes in the nighttime from 10 pm to 5 am. “The new directive is aimed at maintaining high security alert as the lockdown is being gradually eased,” the directives reads, adding that Nepal Police personnel will be monitoring people's movement from 10 pm to 5 am. “For factories and industries, the government has limited the number of workers to only 10 at a given time,” it adds.
The government has brought the directives after 87 days of lock down to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The government imposed the lockdown from March 24, and has been extending it time to time. But from June 15, the government has relaxed lockdown depending on the places and number of cases. The country has lost over Rs 600 billion in the last 87 days, making the government broke as the lockdown halted the revenue mobilisation. One one hand the economy is going to register negative growth and on the other poor people have started dying due to hunger as they have been out of work since last three months. The government's mishandling of the pandemic has also bleed the government coffer as it has no money to pay salary to the government employees from next month.
A Cabinet meeting on June 10 has tasked the Home Ministry to prepare a security modality to manage the lockdown as it will be gradually eased. The directives is issued as part of government strategy to ease the lockdown in different stages.
From June 15, the government has allowed to operate private vehicles – both two-and-four-wheelers – under odd-even number system in 73 districts – except Sarlahi, Rautahat, Kapilvastu and Dailekh districts – from five in the morning till ten at night.
The directive has also limited the number of people in goods carrying vehicles to only two.
Likewise, the new directive has also barred more than 15 persons to gather for in religious and cultural gatherings, including marriages and funerals, at one place. Likewise, more than 10 persons will not be allowed to gather at one time in factories, manufacturing companies and construction sites, the directives reads, adding that the security agencies and the district administration offices in all 77 districts have been asked to strictly implement the directive. “The ministry has also instructed the concerned agencies to fully implement the 'Health Protocol’ like including physical distancing rule of at least 2 metres between two persons, issued by the Health Ministry while enforcing the rule.”
The ministry directed the authorities to take action against those who violate the rule under the existing laws, including Essential Services Operation Act, 1957, Infectious Disease Act, 1964, National Criminal Procedure (Code) Act, 2017, and Local Administration Act, 1971.
Issuing a new directive ‘Lockdown Security Standards-2020,’ today, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that people will not be allowed to walk outside their homes in the nighttime from 10 pm to 5 am. “The new directive is aimed at maintaining high security alert as the lockdown is being gradually eased,” the directives reads, adding that Nepal Police personnel will be monitoring people's movement from 10 pm to 5 am. “For factories and industries, the government has limited the number of workers to only 10 at a given time,” it adds.
The government has brought the directives after 87 days of lock down to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). The government imposed the lockdown from March 24, and has been extending it time to time. But from June 15, the government has relaxed lockdown depending on the places and number of cases. The country has lost over Rs 600 billion in the last 87 days, making the government broke as the lockdown halted the revenue mobilisation. One one hand the economy is going to register negative growth and on the other poor people have started dying due to hunger as they have been out of work since last three months. The government's mishandling of the pandemic has also bleed the government coffer as it has no money to pay salary to the government employees from next month.
A Cabinet meeting on June 10 has tasked the Home Ministry to prepare a security modality to manage the lockdown as it will be gradually eased. The directives is issued as part of government strategy to ease the lockdown in different stages.
From June 15, the government has allowed to operate private vehicles – both two-and-four-wheelers – under odd-even number system in 73 districts – except Sarlahi, Rautahat, Kapilvastu and Dailekh districts – from five in the morning till ten at night.
The directive has also limited the number of people in goods carrying vehicles to only two.
Likewise, the new directive has also barred more than 15 persons to gather for in religious and cultural gatherings, including marriages and funerals, at one place. Likewise, more than 10 persons will not be allowed to gather at one time in factories, manufacturing companies and construction sites, the directives reads, adding that the security agencies and the district administration offices in all 77 districts have been asked to strictly implement the directive. “The ministry has also instructed the concerned agencies to fully implement the 'Health Protocol’ like including physical distancing rule of at least 2 metres between two persons, issued by the Health Ministry while enforcing the rule.”
The ministry directed the authorities to take action against those who violate the rule under the existing laws, including Essential Services Operation Act, 1957, Infectious Disease Act, 1964, National Criminal Procedure (Code) Act, 2017, and Local Administration Act, 1971.
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