Full seating capacity at Delhi cinema halls 200 people allowed at weddings funerals
New Delhi Oct 29PTI The Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA on Friday issued an order allowing full-seating capacity in cinema halls theatres and multiplexes and also raised the number of people allowed to attend weddings and last rites from 100 to 200The order listing various allowed and restricted activities because of the Covid pandemic will come into effect from November 1It stated that owners of cinema halls theatres and multiplexes will be responsible for strict adherence to standard operating protocol SOP official guidelines and Covid-appropriate behaviour at the premisesIn case any violation is found strict penal criminal action shall be taken against the owner of the restaurant bar cinemas theatres and multiplexes said the orderCinemas theatres multiplexes in the city were closed with the imposition of lockdown in April amid a raging second wave of Covid infections They were allowed to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity in the last week of JulyThe order also allowed meetings and conferences in banquet halls of the city So far only marriages and exhibitions were allowed thereThe order permitted funeral and marriage-related gatherings with a ceiling of 200 people During the Covid surge in April attendance at funerals was scaled down to 20 while marriages were permitted with the presence of 50 peopleWith improvement in the Covid situation 100 people were allowed in both types of gatheringsAll classes in schools will also resume from November 1 according to the order This decision was taken in a meeting of DDMA earlier this week because of appreciable improvement in the Covid situation in the city Senior classes nine to 12 were restarted earlier with a maximum 50 per cent seating capacityAll social political sports entertainment cultural religious gatherings will remain prohibited However festival-related gatherings will be allowed according to the DDMAs September 30 orderRestaurants and bars will continue to open with a 50 per cent seating capacity Delhi Metro and public transport buses will ply with full seating capacity but no standing passengers will be allowed stated the orderAll the allowed and restricted activities will be permitted till the intervening night of November 15-16 or till any further orders it added PTI VIT GJS NSD NSD
New Delhi Oct 29PTI The Delhi Disaster Management Authority DDMA on Friday issued an order allowing full-seating capacity in cinema halls theatres and multiplexes and also raised the number of people allowed to attend weddings and last rites from 100 to 200The order listing various allowed and restricted activities because of the Covid pandemic will come into effect from November 1It stated that owners of cinema halls theatres and multiplexes will be responsible for strict adherence to standard operating protocol SOP official guidelines and Covid-appropriate behaviour at the premisesIn case any violation is found strict penal criminal action shall be taken against the owner of the restaurant bar cinemas theatres and multiplexes said the orderCinemas theatres multiplexes in the city were closed with the imposition of lockdown in April amid a raging second wave of Covid infections They were allowed to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity in the last week of JulyThe order also allowed meetings and conferences in banquet halls of the city So far only marriages and exhibitions were allowed thereThe order permitted funeral and marriage-related gatherings with a ceiling of 200 people During the Covid surge in April attendance at funerals was scaled down to 20 while marriages were permitted with the presence of 50 peopleWith improvement in the Covid situation 100 people were allowed in both types of gatheringsAll classes in schools will also resume from November 1 according to the order This decision was taken in a meeting of DDMA earlier this week because of appreciable improvement in the Covid situation in the city Senior classes nine to 12 were restarted earlier with a maximum 50 per cent seating capacityAll social political sports entertainment cultural religious gatherings will remain prohibited However festival-related gatherings will be allowed according to the DDMAs September 30 orderRestaurants and bars will continue to open with a 50 per cent seating capacity Delhi Metro and public transport buses will ply with full seating capacity but no standing passengers will be allowed stated the orderAll the allowed and restricted activities will be permitted till the intervening night of November 15-16 or till any further orders it added PTI VIT GJS NSD NSD
