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UIT resumes Pratap Nagar flyover work

Pratap Nagar Flyover Udaipur

After the Modified Lockdown came into effect from Monday, UIT and Municipal Corporation began to resume their unfinished tasks of fly-over and repair and maintenance of roads in the city.

UIT has commenced the work of flyover at Pratapnagar Choraha while the Udaipur Municipal Corporation is has started with the road repair work.

Since the roads are almost empty due to the lockdown effect, it has become easier for the departments to carry on the tasks of in the absence of traffic.

It is noteworthy that the state government of Rajasthan has brought modified lockdown into effect in the selected regions of the state. The city administration has also laid stringent guidelines on modified lockdown in order to curb the spread of novel coronavirus.

Following the guidelines laid by the state government and city administration, the government offices have also resumed to carry out the pending tasks.

Since the company which the contract for the flyover had enough resources available like material and labour, the UIT began work of flyover construction on Tuesday morning.

UIT started the 450 metres long and 15.7 metres wide flyover work from Bhuwana to Eklingpura in April 2019 with a budget of 18.52 crores. Before the lockdown came in to effect on March 24, almost 75 per cent of the work was over.

Now, the department is availing the modified lockdown facility to complete the remaining construction work.

On the other hand, Udaipur Nagar Nigam also issued directives to resume the pending tasks. After which, the corporation started the repair work of roads from Tuesday.

The UMC has started the road repair work at Court Circle after which it is planning to complete the repair work at all other Chorahas in the city.

UIT is said to hold a meeting to discuss a layout plan for completing all the pending works.

The administration and other organisation who have resumed their work after the modified lockdown came in effect, have to ensure that social distancing and the required norms of modified lockdown are being followed.

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Rajasthan Government asks Pharmacists not to sell Cough, Cold and Fever medicines without Doctor’s Prescription

Flu Medicines Rajasthan

Rajasthan Government on Monday directed all the medical shop owners in the state to not sell the medicines of cold, cough and fever to people without a written prescription from a doctor.

The pharmacists are asked to note down the name, address and phone number of patients who come to buy medicines for fever, cough and cold and inform the in-charge of the nearest health centre.

Since the symptoms of COVID-19 are same as that of the normal flu or Swine Flu, the patients or their caretaker are buying the medicines for these symptoms over the counter without consulting the doctor.

It was observed the people with COVID-19 like symptoms are avoiding getting tested for the virus.

Besides, to keep a track of the spread of COVID-19, other states in the country have also issued advisories asking medical shop owners and chemists to keep a track of all the cough/cold/flu medicines sold.

States like Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Orrisa, Maharashtra & parts of Bihar have issued advisories to medical shops and chemists to keep a record of people who buy cough, cold or fever medicine. These shop owners in these states also have also been asked to record the address, name & phone number of people to come to buy medicines for the said symptoms.

The authorities are planning to collect the list daily to trace people and subsequently test them for COVID-19, the report said.

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यूआइटी और नगर निगम के ऑफ़िस हुए शुरू

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शहर में 20 अप्रेल से संशोधित लॉकडाउन यानि मॉडीफाइड लॉकडाउन लागु हो गया जिसके तहत सरकारी विभागों को भी खोला गया। संशोधित लॉकडाउन में उदयपुर यूआइटी और नगर निगम सहित शहर के सभी सरकारी विभागों ने अपना कार्यभार सम्भाला।

लेकिन इन सभी सरकारी विभागों में आम जनता अभी नहीं जा सकेगी।

फ़िलहाल सभी सरकारी कार्यालयों जैसे नगर निगम और स्मार्ट सिटी कम्पनी में अपने पूर्व के बकाया कार्य पूरे किए जाएंगे। यूआइटी में ले-आउट प्लान के कार्य को पूरा किया जाएगा। नगर निगम और यूआइटी में ऐसे कार्य भी शुरू किए जाएंगे जिनमे श्रमिकों को आने-जाने की ज़रूरत ना हो, जहाँ वे साइट पर ही रहते हो।

इन विभागों में जिन कर्मचारियों को ड्यूटी पर बुलाया जाएगा वहीँ जाएंगे। ऐसे में जिनका काम अत्याधिक ज़रूरी न हो, वे घर पर ही रह कर लॉकडाउन का पालन करेंगे।

जिला प्रशासन के हाल ही में जारी किये आदेशों के तहत, निजी वाहनों के आने-जाने पर रोक लगा दी है। ऐसे में सभी सरकारी अधिकारी और कर्मचारी अपने विभाग का परिचय-पत्र बता कर घर से अपने कार्यालय और कार्यालय से अपने घर आ-जा सकतें हैं।

इसके अलावा जिला कलेक्टर ने यह भी कहा है की जिन उद्द्योगों को पूर्व में कर करने की अनुमति मिल गई थी, उन्हें मॉडीफाइड लॉकडाउन के दौरान फिर से अनुमति लेने के ज़रूरत नहीं है।

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Rajasthan to go for ‘Modified Lockdown’ from April 21

Modified Lockdown in Rajasthan

Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan Government is planning to implement Modified Lockdown in the state from April 21. This step is being considered to gradually revive economic activities in Rajasthan.

The state government is looking to restart the activities in agriculture and industrial sector in rural and urban areas on a conditional basis.

The CM of the state is planning to implement this ‘Modified Lockdown’ in a phased manner for which units in rural and industrial areas of the state will be reopened after 20th April.

Modified Lockdown is being implemented to provide employment to migrant labourers and daily-wage earners in the state. The directives were given by the CM during a high-level meeting with the state officials.

However, the corona-affected areas which are still under curfew will continue with curfew until the situation improves in those hotspots. Employees or other people living in these areas will not be allowed to go out.

During a live video conference with the media people, Gehlot clarified the term “Modified Lockdown”. He said that under Modified Lockdown, activities are started after modifying the basic guidelines. People will be educated on social distancing at workplaces and other public places.

He has also directed the industries in urban areas to provide staying facility for the labourers at the workplace since commuting of labourers from outside will not be allowed.

The CM advised the District Collectors, RIICO, District Industry Centres and the Police Officials to ensure coordination with each other so no problem arises in starting these selected industries during the lockdown.

However, these policies will not be followed in the hotspot regions of the state. These regions will have a separate policy. All the 49 places where curfew is implemented will have a separate policy than those places which have no patients.

After modified lockdown is put in place, rural workers will get employment in rural areas. The state has open the vegetable markets and purchasing process has also begun at MSP directly from the farmers.

The CM has directed to open the Government offices in a phased manner. Officers under Group A and Group-B category will be required to be present and ensure social distancing.

PWD and irrigation work will also be started in rural areas as well as MGNREGS work will be intensified by following social distancing norms and other health-related protocols.

The State Government will also ensure to follow the guidelines issued by the Government of India till May 3. Keeping the public health as the top-most priority, the State Government will work in coordination with the Central Government.

However, people must keep in mind that the rules and guidelines will not be followed, and cases of infection increase, all the permissions would be withdrawn immediately.

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COVID-19 Treatment in the city will be divided into 3 categories

COVID-19 Treatment Udaipur

To manage the increasing number of patients of COVID-19, Udaipur City Administration has divided the treatment into three categories – Dedicated Hospital – Care Unit – Health Care Center

MB Hospital will become Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital, ESIC Hospital will be made into Corona Care Unit while Sharma Hospital located at Bhuwana will be prepared as a COVID Care Health Center.

MB Hospital will have about seven hundred and fifty beds available for COVID-19 treatment, while the Corona Ward will continue the treatment for coronavirus the way it has been doing on a regular basis.

Dedicated Hospital – MB Hospital

The Dedicated Hospital will have the following arrangements:

  • Ground Floor – OPD
  • First Floor – Corona Suspect and Stable Cases
  • Second Floor – Corona Suspect Tested Negative
  • Third Floor – Corona Positive and Step Down
  • Fourth Floor Block 1 – Serious Patients
  • Fourth Floor Block 2 – Serious Positive Patients
  • Fourth Block 3 – ICU

Besides, the ILI block will also be used for the treatment of COVID-19

Corona Care Unit – ESIC Hospital

Udaipur’s ESIC Hospital located at Chitrakoot Nagar is now being developed as a Corona Care Unit. The hospital will cater to the patients who are positive and yet asymptomatic. These include the patients who do not show any symptom of illness.

The hospital will be equipped with around 200 to 250 beds. The staff quarters in all six wings of the hospital will be used to keep the patients. Every room will have 2 patients so as to follow the social distancing protocol.

Patients will be provided with TV facility to keep them entertained during their quarantine period. A team of doctors and nursing workers will be available round the clock with a separate staff for each wing.

COVID Care Health Center – Sharma Hospital

The Sharma Hospital Bhuwana is being considered as a COVID Care Health Center. The hospital will cater to patients who need oxygen.

Although it is proposed, some other hospital may also be acquired instead.

Administration along with the Health Department is making all the necessary preparations to lessen the burden of patients on one hospital. The Health Department is engaged in making the arrangements as per the new guidelines.

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Lockdown 2.0 New Guidelines: What’s Open? What’s Banned?

Lockdown Guidelines

The nationwide lockdown implemented to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus has been extended till May 3. And with that come new rules and guidelines that have to be followed by the public, offices, industries and other establishments. Here is an exhaustive list of the new guidelines that will apply during Lockdown 2.0

The government on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines as India entered the second phase of a nationwide lockdown meant to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The exhaustive guidelines detail whether citizens are allowed to move, what industries can function, what items can be sold, what measures are to be followed by workplaces remaining open during the lockdown phase, and more.

The new lockdown rules and regulations will apply until May 3. Some conditional relief may be seen in areas that are not hotspots for the novel coronavirus from April 20.

Here’s the full list of the fresh guidelines issued by the government on the novel coronavirus lockdown 2.0.

What activities are banned?

Following activities will continue to remain prohibited across the country until May 3, 2020

  • Domestic and international air travel of passengers, except for security purposes.
  • Passenger movement by bus, trains, air and ship except for security purposes.
  • All public transport.
  • Inter-district and inter-state movement of individuals except for medical reasons or for activities permitted under these guidelines.
  • All educational, training, coaching institutions etc. shall remain closed.
  • All industrial and commercial activities other than those specifically permitted under these guidelines.
  • Hospitality services are other than those specifically permitted under these guidelines.
  • Cinema halls, malls, shopping complexes, gymnasiums, sports complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places.
  • All social/ political/ sports/ entertainment/ academic/ cultural/ religious functions/ other gatherings.
  • All religious places/ places of worship shall be closed for public.
  • Religious congregations are strictly prohibited.
  • Congregation of more than twenty persons will not be permitted at funerals

What activities are allowed from April 20, 2020

Health Sector

  • Hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, telemedicine facilities.
  • Dispensaries, chemists, pharmacies, all kinds of medicine shops including Jan Aushadhi
  • Kendras and medical equipment shops.
  • Medical laboratories and collection centres.
  • Pharmaceutical and medical research labs, institutions carrying out COVID 0-19 related research.
  • Veterinary Hospitals, dispensaries, clinics, pathology labs, sale and supply of vaccine and medicine.
  • Authorised private establishments, which support the provisioning of essential services, or efforts for containment of COVID-19, including home care providers, diagnostics, supply chain firms serving hospitals.
  • Manufacturing units of drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical oxygen, their packaging material, raw material and intermediates.
  • Construction of medical/ health infrastructure including the manufacture of ambulances.
  • Movement (inter and intra-state, including by air) of all medical and veterinary personnel, scientists, nurses, para-medical staff, lab technicians, midwives and other hospital support services, including ambulances.

Farming, Fisheries, Plantation and Animal Husbandary with 50% of workers

  • Collection, processing, distribution and sale of milk and milk products by milk processing plants, including transport and supply chain.
  • Operation of animal husbandry farms including poultry farms & hatcheries and livestock farming activity.
  • Animal feed manufacturing and feed plants, including the supply of raw material, such as maize and soya.
  • Operation of animal shelter homes, including Gaushalas.

Public Utilities

  • Postal services, including post offices.
  • Operations of utilities in water, sanitation and waste management sectors, at municipal/ local body levels in States and UTs.
  • Cargo movement through rail, air and ship
  • Shops for truck repairs and Dhabas on highways, with a stipulated minimum distance as prescribed by the State/ UT authorities.
  • Police, home guards, civil defence, fire and emergency services, disaster management, prisons and municipal services will function without any restrictions.

Supply of Essential Goods

  • Kirana and single shops selling essential goods and carts
  • Ration shops under PDS dealing with food and groceries for daily use
  • Hygiene items
  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Dairy and milk booths
  • Poultry, meat and fish
  • Commercial and private establishments
  • Print and electronic media including broadcasting, DTH and cable services.
  • IT and IT-enabled Services, with up to 50 per cent strength.
  • Data and call centres for Government activities only.
  • Government-approved Common Service Centres (CSCs) at Gram Panchayat level.
  • E-commerce companies. Vehicles used by e-commerce operators will be allowed to ply with necessary permissions.
  • Courier services.
  • Hotels, homestays, lodges and motels, which are accommodating tourists and persons stranded due to lockdown, medical and emergency staff, air and sea crew.
  • Establishments used/ earmarked for quarantine facilities.
  • Services provided by self-employed persons, e.g., electrician, IT repairs, plumbers, motor mechanics, and carpenters.

Industries/ Industrial Establishments (both Government and private)

  • Industries operating in rural areas.
  • Manufacturing and other industrial establishments with access control in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Export Oriented Units (EoU), industrial estates, and industrial townships.
  • Manufacturing units of essential goods, including drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw material and intermediates.
  • Food processing industries in rural areas
  • Production units, which require a continuous process, and their supply chain.
  • Manufacturing of IT hardware.
  • Manufacturing units of packaging material.
  • Jute industries with staggered shifts and social distancing.
  • Oil and gas exploration/ refinery.
  • Brick kilns in rural areas.
  • Construction of roads, irrigation projects, buildings and all kinds of industrial projects, including MSMEs

Government Offices

  • Offices of the Government of India, it’s Autonomous/ Subordinate Offices
  • Offices of the State/ Union Territory Governments, their Autonomous Bodies and Local Governments
  • All other Departments of State/ UT Governments to work with restricted staff.

Financial Sector

  • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and RBI regulated financial markets and entities
  • Bank branches and ATMs.
  • SEBI, and capital and debt market services.

Lockdown 2.0 Guidelines

Guidelines for public places

  • Wearing of face cover is compulsory in all public places, workplaces.
  • All persons in charge of public places, workplaces and transport shall ensure social distancing as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  • No organization /manager of a public place shall allow gathering of 5 or more persons
  • Gatherings such as marriages and funerals shall remain regulated by the District Magistrate.
  • Spitting in public spaces shall be punishable with a fine.
  • There should be a strict ban on the sale of liquor, gutka, tobacco etc. and spitting should be strictly prohibited.

Guidelines for workplaces

  • All workplaces shall have adequate arrangements for temperature screening and provide sanitizers at convenient places.
  • Workplaces shall have a gap of one hour between shifts and will stagger the lunch breaks of staff, to ensure social distancing.
  • Persons above 65 years of age and persons with co-morbidities and parents of children below the age of 5 may be encouraged to work from home.
  • Use of Arogya Setu will be encouraged for all employees both private and public.
  • All organizations shall sanitize their workplaces between shifts.
  • Large meetings to be prohibited.

Guidelines for manufacturing establishments

  • Frequent cleaning of common surfaces and mandatory handwashing shall be mandated.
  • No overlap of shifts and staggered lunch with social distancing in canteens shall be ensured.
  • Intensive communication and training on good hygiene practices shall be taken up.
Persons to remain under mandatory quarantine

All such persons who have been directed by health care personnel to remain under strict home/ institutional quarantine for a period as decided by local Health Authorities.

Persons violating quarantine will be liable to legal action under Section 188 of the IPC, 1860.

Quarantined persons, who have arrived in India after 15.2.2020, after the expiry of their quarantine period and being tested COVID-19 negative, will be released following the protocol prescribed in the SOP issued by MHA.

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लॉकडाउन की अवधि बढ़ाने के बाद उदयपुर जिला कलेक्टर ने जारी किए आदेश

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प्रधानमंत्री द्वारा देश में चल रहे लॉकडाउन की अवधि बढ़ाने के बाद उदयपुर जिला कलेक्टर ने विडीओ के ज़रिए आदेश जारी किए।

कलेक्टर ने ज़िले धारा 144, 3 मई मध्यरात्रि तक प्रभावी रखने के आदेश जारी किए है। इसके तहत, 5 या उससे अधिक व्यक्ति एक स्थान पर एकत्रित नही हो सकते।

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यह प्रतिबंध से रेलवे स्टेशन, बस स्टैंड, चिकित्सकीय संस्थान, राजकीय तथा सार्वजनिक कार्यालय और विध्यालय एवं महाविध्यालयों में होने वाली परीक्षा कक्षों को मुक्त रखा जएगा।

कलेक्टर ने लॉकडाउन के दौरान आवश्यक आपातक़ालीन स्थिति में आने-जाने के लिए जारी किए गए पास जो पहले 14 मार्च तक वैध थे, अब लॉकडाउन बढ़ने के बाद उनकी भी वैधता बढ़ा कर 3 मई कर दी है।

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आदेशानुसार, ये सभी पास 3 मई 2020 तक या अग्रिम आदेश/निर्देश तक वैध रहेंगे।

अगर किसी को पास के लिए आवेदन करना हो तो वह राजकॉप सिटिज़न ऐप के द्वारा ऑनलाइन आवेदन कर सकता है।

कलेक्टर ने विडीओ के ज़रिए सूचित किया की शहर के मल्लातलाई के 3 किलोमीटर इलाक़े में लगा कर्फ़्यू 16 अप्रेल तक जारी रहेगा। 17 अप्रेल से इलाक़े को कर्फ़्यू मुक्त किया जाएगा लेकिन वहां पूरी सख़्ती रखी जाएगी।

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Lockdown Extended till May 3

Lockdown Extended

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Tuesday morning to announce an extension of nationwide lockdown till May 3, 2020. The PM said that India will remain under lockdown until 3 May extending prohibitory measures by another 19 days.

The PM also said that based on extensive scrutiny, after April 20, a conditional withdrawal of the lockdown can be permitted in areas where the spread has either been contained or prevented.

Detailed guidelines on this extension of lockdown will be released on Wednesday.

The government would put greater focus on the hotspots, including the ones where the infection rate might escalate.

PM emphasised that both lives and livelihoods of the people are the primary focus of the government and the states. Therefore, India would reopen its economy while maintaining stringent curbs in COVID-19 hotspots.

PM said that fight against the pandemic will become stricter during the next one week till 20 April. Every region, every district, every state, every police station will be evaluated in terms of implementation of lockdown. In this period, if an area protects itself from coronavirus and does not come out with any new positive case, it will be given partial relief from the lockdown.

Regions, districts, states which are not the hotspots fo COVID-19 and pass this 1-week test may be allowed certain essential activities.

Modi said detailed guidelines will be issued on Wednesday in which will keep in mind the needs of the informal sector and farmers.

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Udaipur’s PI Industries providing hi-tech Japanese Spray Machines to Delhi Administration

PI Industries Machines for Sanitization
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PI Foundation, the CSR arm of PI Industries Ltd., Udaipur joined hands to support local administration of Delhi in the sanitization of large areas at a brisk pace. Under the collaboration, PI Foundation is providing services of PI Industries by providing hi-tech Japanese Spray Machines for its massive sanitization drive across the city.

The machines are equipped with the ability to disinfect and sanitize large areas up to 15,000 sq. meters an hour by one machine for public places. These machines are being used in containment zones, declared as ”Red Zones”, and the high-risk zones declared as ”Orange Zones”.

DLF Foundation is supporting PI Foundation in the implementation of this initiative.

PI Foundation is a Public Charitable Trust and is the CSR arm of PI Industries Ltd. PI Industries Ltd. PI Industries offers an integrated approach to agri-sciences business and is thereby committed to playing a role as a responsible corporate unit in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

PI Industries, under its CSR arm, PI Foundation, has undertaken disinfectant spraying services initiatives in various parts of Delhi, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.

  • Manufactured 1 lac litres of disinfectant at its production lines in Gujarat
  • Distributed PI manufactured sanitisers to 45,000 people around its plant location in Gujarat
  • Appointed mobile Medical Units to cater to 64 villages in Jambusar, Gujarat
  • Distributed free ration kits to around 5,000 underprivileged, migrant and daily-wage labourers around Gujarat location

Udaipur based PI Industries remains committed to providing help to the most vulnerable section of our society which is impacted by this pandemic and facing significant disruption to their livelihoods.

Since the company falls under the list of Essential Commodities and Services, it has reorganised its operations, curtailing operations in certain plants and shutting down others from 25 March 2020 until 15 April 2020 amid COVID-19 pandemic.

to keep the global supply chain of crop protection products, the company’s formulation plants and other essential manufacturing activities are planned to be operated with all safety, security and other measures required by Government and Health advisories.

During this period all the field personnel, executives and managers will work out of their homes to provide support to all customers.

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Wearing mask in public places mandatory in Udaipur

Mask in Udaipur

In the midst of a coronavirus epidemic, the district administration on Friday made it mandatory for people to wear masks in public areas. Violation of the directive can lead to legal action under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

According to the order released by the district authorities in Udaipur, all persons in public places like streets, hospitals, markets, offices, etc must wear a 3-ply mask or cloth mask compulsorily. The order also states that any person who is moving around in his personal or official vehicle must be wearing these masks compulsorily.

Additionally, a person or officer will attend any meeting or go to the workplace wearing the facemasks.

States like UP and Odisha have already made the wearing of masks compulsory in the entire state. In fact, the Odisha Government has even instructed all petrol pumps across major cities to not dispense fuel to anyone who is not found wearing a mask.

An advisory from the health department recommends home-made cotton, double-layer reusable masks for use as the first line of protection. The health ministry has also released guidelines on the specifications for homemade masks.

Check out the guidelines for Homemade Protective Cover for Face and Mouth:

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Homemade face cover is a good way for maintaining personal hygiene and its usage would certainly help in maintaining overall hygienic health conditions.

Therefore, the advisory suggests the use of handmade reusable face cover for people who are not suffering from medical conditions or having breathing difficulties. These people must use this mask when they step out of their house.

However, the advisory does not recommend homemade masks for:

  • Health Workers
  • Those in contact with COVID-19 Patients
  • COVID-19 Patients

These categories of people are required to wear specified protective gear.