Air travel, metro services to remain suspended during lockdown 4.0

Local authorities have been instructed to allow shops and markets, except those in containment zones, to open

The government on Sunday announced the guidelines to be followed under lockdown 4.0.

Under the guidelines, all domestic, international air travel of passengers, except domestic air ambulance, remains prohibited till May 31, as also metro services. However, inter-state movement of passenger vehicles, buses is allowed with mutual consent of states involved during lockdown 4.0.

The new guidelines give states and UTs the responsibility to ensure strict compliance to central guidelines and impose additional measures where necessary.

While hotels, restaurants, malls, gyms, cinema halls, schools and colleges are to remain shut during lockdown 4.0, sports complexes have been allowed to open by the Ministry