AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, April 15 (TIWN): Along with the whole nation, Lockdown 2.0 has been started here in Tripura too. Tight security arrangements were witnessed statewide and police are in effort to keep people to ‘stay home’. Except, necessary-reason goers, police did not allow anyone to pass the roads and in markets also with Access Control, the gathering-free trend was maintained. At the same time, in a notification, Govt of India under Ministry of Home Affairs have mandated Face-Cover, prohibiting Spitting in Public Places in 2.0 Lockdown. The notification under COVID19 Management totally banned “liquor”, “gutka”, “tobacco”. Functions as Marriages, Funerals shall be regulated by District Magistrate. No organization, manager of public places should be allowing gathering of more than 5 persons. In Work-places, Manufacturing units also, the guidelines have been provided.

After PM Modi announced to extend lockdown till 3rd May, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb once again repeated his stand on roster system base Govt offices’ function amid Lockdown.Addressing to the state, CM said that to ensure the Centre and State Govt level scheme benefits to reach out to the common men, from Panchayat Pradhan to Chief Minister all will be working and in Govt offices roster system will start functioning at full swing so that the economy does not gets down and people’s livelihood can be saved.

“I urge the employees of Govt and Private Sector to work dedicatedly to fight back the crisis situation”, CM said in an address. 

MHA's guidelines for upto 3rd March, 2020