Bengaluru: The Karnataka police in Bengaluru and other districts are shutting down shops that do not deal in essential services on Thursday, April 22.
According to the revised guidelines issued by Chief Secretary Ravi Kumar on Wednesday night issued, “Shops, including ration shops (PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, meat and fish, animal fodder are permitted”.
It states that restaurants, liquor shops, and bars can only do take-aways. All food processing and related industries, banks, insurance offices, ATMs, cold storage and warehousing services, construction material shops, and delivery of all items through E-Commerce are permitted.
The order says that all industries, industrial establishments, and production units can also function adhering to restrictions. Private offices have been asked to work with minimum staff, while 50% of staff is allowed in government offices.
Since the official order clearly stated that all other shops and commercial establishments other than the list mentioned above are not allowed, police have started shutting them down.
