April 6, 2020
Dear Hon. Chief Minister
Namaste !
With luck, the lock-down may lift on 14th April or possibly a week or two later.
This will mean re-starting of all regular activities in the State and putting life back on the rails. In view of this long period of stoppage, it is necessary to minutely plan out the resumption of all normal activities and Services which, I know and fully appreciate, is a massive task, involving huge logistics preparation and maintenance care.
In view of this long period of stoppage, it is natural that people will tend to rush out creating huge crowds and gatherings at every place of work and inter-action be it the shops, malls, cinema houses, bus and rail stations, airports, schools/colleges, hospitals, workplaces, etc. This will not only create a huge chaos but may also heighten the dangers of Corona Infection and Stage 3 Propagation of the dreaded Virus.
Hence it is of utmost importance that, the resumption of normal life and commercial/economic activity is done in a phased and staggered manner so that it is smooth and allows the Municipal Authorities, Law-enforcing agencies and General Administration Departments to iron out various wrinkles, as they emerge, when civic activities are resumed after such a long gap.
To ensure that we do not wipe out the gains of these 21 ( or 28 or 35 ) days of lock-down, I have put together a few suggestions for consideration by you and your colleague ministers for possible adoption. These are only broad Policy Steps - the details will naturally need to be worked out at the Operational level.
RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE FOR RE-OPENING OF COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
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1st Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Names beginning with
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A
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F
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K
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P
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U
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B
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G
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2nd Week
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Day 8
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Day 9
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Day 10
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Day 11
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Day 12
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Day 13
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Day 14
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Names beginning with
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L
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Q
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V
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C
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H
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M
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R
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3rd Week
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Day 15
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Day 16
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Day 17
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Day 18
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Day 19
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Day 20
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Day 21
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Names beginning with
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W
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D
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I
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N
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S
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X
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E
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4th Week
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Day 22
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Day 23
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Day 24
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Day 25
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Names beginning with
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J
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O
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T
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YZ
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INTERPRETATION :
On Day 1, only Business/Commercial/Professional Organisations (be it shops, restaurants, companies/offices/factories, Doctor Clinics, medicine shops etc.) whose Names begin with the LETTER A will OPEN.
On Day 2, only Business/Commercial/Professional Organisations (be it shops, restaurants, companies/offices/factories, Doctor Clinics, medicine shops etc.) whose Names begin with the LETTER F will OPEN.
On Day 3, only Business/Commercial/Professional Organisations (be it shops, restaurants, companies/offices/factories, Doctor Clinics, medicine shops etc.) whose Names begin with the LETTER K will OPEN.
…. and so on.
In this manner, the level of full activity will be reached over a comfortable period of 25 days and will allow smooth transition for the Civic, Police and Administration Authorities. It will also indirectly and partially extend the lock-down for another 25 days which will be only in the interest of the citizens.
Further, if by any chance, something untoward happens it will be much easier to once again enforce a lock-down than if everything had been opened up at one go.
This does not include SHOPS in MALLS nor does it include Places of Worship. The opening of MALLS & PLACES OF WORSHIP will be specified separately and they will open a little later as they are big crowd collectors & chances of virus transmission are very high.
NOTE : The opening schedule is not strictly alphabetical so that people whose names begin with the later alphabets do not feel it is unfair to them. However, it is in a alphabetical sequence.
RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE FOR RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS
(Week 1 for Schools will be 4 weeks after the opening of business/commercial establishments)
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5th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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ONLY MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS
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Names beginning with
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ABC &
GHI
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MNO &
STU
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DEF &
JKL
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PQR &
VWX
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YZ
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6th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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ONLY SSC SCHOOLS
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Names beginning with
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ABC &
GHI
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MNO &
STU
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DEF &
JKL
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PQR &
VWX
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YZ
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7th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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ONLY CBSE & ISCE SCHOOLS
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Names beginning with
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ABC &
GHI
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MNO &
STU
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DEF &
JKL
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PQR &
VWX
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YZ
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8th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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ONLY IB SCHOOLS
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Names beginning with
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ABC &
GHI
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MNO &
STU
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DEF &
JKL
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PQR &
VWX
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YZ
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RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE FOR RE-OPENING OF COLLEGES
(Week 1 for Colleges will be 6 weeks after the opening of business/commercial establishments)
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7th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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ONLY GOVERNMENT COLLEGES / INSTITUTES
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Names beginning with
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ABC &
GHI
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MNO &
STU
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DEF &
JKL
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PQR &
VWX
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YZ
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8th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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9th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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SAT
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SUN
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ALL NON – GOVT COLLEGES / INSTITUTES
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Names beginning with
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ABC &
GHI
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MNO &
STU
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DEF &
JKL
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PQR &
VWX
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YZ
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RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE FOR RE-OPENING OF MALLS & PLACES OF WORSHIP
(The 1st Week in case of MALLS should be the 4th Week of Business Re-opening)
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4th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Names beginning with
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ABC
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MNO
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DEF
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PQR
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5th Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Names beginning with
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GHI
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STU
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JKL
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VWX
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YZ
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RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE FOR RE-OPENING OF LOCAL TRAINS
(To start on Day 1 of Business Re-opening)
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1st Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Timings
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From 0700 to 1100 and 1600 to 2000
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From 0630 to 1130 and 1600 to 2100
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From 0630 to 1200 and 1600 to 2130
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2nd Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Timings
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From 0600 to 1200 and 1500 to 2200
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From 0600 to 1200 and 1400 to 2200
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Full Regular Service
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RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE FOR RE-OPENING OF BUS SERVICE
(To start on Day 1 of Business Re-opening)
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1st Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Timings
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From 0700 to 1900
25 % of the Routes
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From 0630 to 2100 50 % of the Routes
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From 0630 to 2130 100 % of the Routes
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2nd Week
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Day 1
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Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
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Day 5
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Day 6
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Day 7
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Timings
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From 0600 to 2200
100 % of the Routes
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Full Regular Service
100 % of the Routes
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One final suggestion : whatever schedule is finally decided upon by you, the same must be widely and repeatedly communicated to the people of the State through Radio, Television, Website Posting, Social Media (giving appropriate Links to Website) with a clear warning that anyone opening his establishment or activity before the scheduled and allotted date will have to pay a heavy fine of Rs. 1 Lakh and suffer one week’s imprisonment.
I do hope you will find this helpful as a starting point for charting out your detailed strategy for re-opening normal life in your State. If there is any manner in which I can be helpful in this task, I will be only too happy to contribute.
Wishing you the very best in the mammoth task before you
Yours faithfully,
hemendra k. varma
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