The Centre on Friday extended the nationwide lockdown by another two weeks from May 4. In its extended order, the Ministry of Home Affairs carried out classification of district across states and union territories into Red, Orange and Green zones.
The rules for classification are:
Green Zone: Districts with zero confirmed cases till date or districts with no confirmed cases in the last 21 days.
Red Zone: Districts under this zone, popularly known as ‘Hot Spots’ will be based on number of active cases, doubling rate of confirmed cases and extent of testing and surveillance feedback.
Orange Zone: District falling neither under Green or Red zones fall under this category.
The states have been permitted to consider inclusion of additional districts under Red Zone or Orange Zone depending on the extent of special of COVID-19 infection.
The Red Zone areas will be the ones witnessing most stringent restrictions during the extended lockdown in order to break the chain of transmission of the deadly virus.
Here is the list of activities which will remain prohibited in Red Zone areas:
- All domestic and international air travel of passengers, except for medical services, air ambulance and for security purposes or for purposes as permitted by the MHA.
- All passenger movement by trains, except for security purposes or for purposes as permitted by the MHA.
- Inter-State Buses for public transport, except as permitted by the MHA.
- Metro rail services.
- Inter-State movement of individuals except for medical reasons or for activities as permitted by the MHA.
- All schools, colleges, educational/ training/ coaching institutions etc. However, online/distance learning shall be permitted.
- Hospitality services other than those used for housing health/ police/ government officials/ healthcare workers, stranded persons including tourists, and those used for quarantine facilities.
- All cinema halls, shopping malls, 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.
- The movement of individuals, for all non-essential activities, shall remain strictly prohibited between 7 pm to 7 am. Local authorities shall issue orders under appropriate provisions of law, such as prohibitory orders (curfew) under Section 144 of CrPC, for this purpose, and ensure strict compliance.
- In all zones, persons above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 years, shall stay at home.
- In Containment Zones, Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) and Medical clinics shall not be permitted to operate. However, these may be permitted to operate in Red, Orange and Green Zones.
- Cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws, taxis and cab aggregators, intra-district and inter-district plying of buses, barber shops, spas and salons.
The following activities shall be permitted with restrictions in Red Zones:
- Movement of individuals and vehicles, only for permitted activities. Four wheeler vehicles will have maximum two passengers besides the vehicle driver; for two wheelers, pillion rider is not allowed.
- Industrial establishments in urban areas: Only Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Export Oriented Units (EOUs), industrial estates and industrial townships with access control; Manufacturing units of essential goods, including drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw material and intermediates; Production units, which require continuous process, and their supply chain; Manufacturing of IT hardware; Jute industry with staggered shifts and social distancing; and, Manufacturing units of packaging material are permitted.
- All industrial activities are permitted in rural areas.
- Construction activities in urban areas: Only where workers are available on site and no workers are required to be brought in from outside and construction of renewable energy projects are permitted.
- All construction activities are permitted in rural areas.
- All standalone (single) shops, neighbourhood (colony) shops and shops in residential complexes are permitted to remain open in urban areas, without any distinction of essential and non-essential.
- E-commerce activities will be permitted only in respect of essential goods.
- Private offices can operate with up to 33 per cent strength as per requirement, with the remaining persons working from home.
Here is the complete list of 130 red zone districts across India:
1. South Andamans – Andaman And Nicobar Islands – Red Zone
2. Kurnool – Andhra Pradesh – Red Zone
3. Guntur – Andhra Pradesh – Red Zone
4. Krishna – Andhra Pradesh – Red Zone
5. Chittoor – Andhra Pradesh – Red Zone
6. Spsr Nellore – Andhra Pradesh – Red Zone
7. Munger – Bihar – Red Zone
8. Patna – Bihar – Red Zone
9. Rohtas – Bihar – Red Zone
10. Buxar – Bihar – Red Zone
11. Gaya – Bihar – Red Zone
12. Chandigarh – Chandigarh – Red Zone
13. Raipur – Chhattisgarh – Red Zone
14. South East – Delhi – Red Zone
15. Central – Delhi – Red Zone
16. North Delhi – Delhi – Red Zone
17. South Delhi – Delhi – Red Zone
18. North East – Delhi – Red Zone
19. West Delhi – Delhi – Red Zone
20. Shahdara – Delhi – Red Zone
21. East Delhi – Delhi – Red Zone
22. New Delhi – Delhi – Red Zone
23. North West – Delhi – Red Zone
24. South West – Delhi – Red Zone
25. Ahmadabad – Gujarat – Red Zone
26. Surat – Gujarat – Red Zone
27. Vadodara – Gujarat – Red Zone
28. Anand – Gujarat – Red Zone
29. Banas Kantha – Gujarat – Red Zone
30. Panch Mahals – Gujarat – Red Zone
31. Bhavnagar – Gujarat – Red Zone
32. Gandhinagar – Gujarat – Red Zone
33. Arvalli – Gujarat – Red Zone
34. Sonipat – Haryana – Red Zone
35. Faridabad – Haryana – Red Zone
36. Bandipora – Jam mu And Kashmir – Red Zone
37. Shopian – Jam mu And Kashmir – Red Zone
38. Anantnag – Jammu And Kashmir – Red Zone
39. Srinagar – Jammu And Kashmir – Red Zone
40. Ranchi – Jharkhand – Red Zone
41. Bengaluru Urban – Karnataka – Red Zone
42. Mysuru – Karnataka – Red Zone
43. Bengaluru Rural – Karnataka – Red Zone
44. Kannur – Kera la – Red Zone
45. Kottayam – Kera la – Red Zone
46. Indore – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
47. Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
48. Ujjain – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
49. Jabalpur – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
50. Dhar – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
51. Barwani – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
52. East Nimar – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
53. Dewas – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
54. Gwalior – Madhya Pradesh – Red Zone
55. Mumbai – Maharashtra – Red Zone
56. Pune – Maharashtra – Red Zone
57. Thane – Maharashtra – Red Zone
58. Nashik – Maharashtra – Red Zone
59. Palghar – Maharashtra – Red Zone
60. Nagpur – Maharashtra – Red Zone
61. Solapur – Maharashtra – Red Zone
62. Yavatmal – Maharashtra – Red Zone
63. Aurangabad – Maharashtra – Red Zone
64. Satara – Maharashtra – Red Zone
65. Dhule – Maharashtra – Red Zone
66. Akola – Maharashtra – Red Zone
67. Jalgaon – Maharashtra – Red Zone
68. Mumbai Suburban – Maharashtra – Red Zone
69. Jajapur – Odisha – Red Zone
70. Bhadrak – Odisha – Red Zone
71. Baleshwar – Odisha – Red Zone
72. Jalandhar – Punjab – Red Zone
73. Patiala – Punjab – Red Zone
74. Ludhiana – Punjab – Red Zone
75. Jaipur – Rajasthan – Red Zone
76. Jodhpur – Rajasthan – Red Zone
77. Kota – Rajasthan – Red Zone
78. Ajmer – Rajasthan – Red Zone
79. Bharatpur – Rajasthan – Red Zone
80. Nagaur – Rajasthan – Red Zone
81. Banswara – Rajasthan – Red Zone
82. Jhalawar – Rajasthan – Red Zone
83. Chennai – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
84. Madurai – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
85. Namakkal – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
86. Thanjavur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
87. Chengalpattu – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
88. Thiruvallur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
89. Tiruppur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
90. Rani pet – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
91. Virudhunagar – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
92. Thiruvarur – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
93. Vellore – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
94. Kanchipuram – Tamil Nadu – Red Zone
95. Hyderabad – Telangana – Red Zone
96. Surya pet – Telangana – Red Zone
97. Ranga Reddy – Telangana – Red Zone
98. MedchalMalkajgiri – Telangana – Red Zone
99. Vikarabad – Telangana – Red Zone
100. Warangal Urban – Telangana – Red Zone
101. Agra – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
102. Lucknow – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
103. Saharanpur – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
104. Kanpur Nagar – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
105. Moradabad – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
106. Firozabad – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
107. Gautam Buddha Nagar – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
108. Bulandshahr – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
109. Meerut – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
110. Rae Bareli – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
111. Varanasi – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
112. Bijnor – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
113. Amroha – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
114. Sant Kabeer Nagar – Utta r Pradesh – Red Zone
115. Aligarh – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
116. Muzaffarnagar – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
117. Rampur – Uttar Pradesh – Red Zone
118. Mathura – Red Zone
119. Bareilly – Red Zone
120. Haridwar – Uttarakhand – Red Zone
121. Kolkata – West Bengal – Red Zone
122. Howrah – West Bengal – Red Zone
123. 24 Paraganas North – West Bengal – Red Zone
124. 24 Paraganas South – West Bengal – Red Zone
125. Medinipur West – West Bengal – Red Zone
126. Medinipur East – West Bengal – Red Zone
127. Darjeeling – West Bengal – Red Zone
128. Jalpaiguri – West Bengal – Red Zone
129. Kalimpong – West Bengal – Red Zone
130. Maldah – West Bengal – Red Zone
