Public Transport Lockdown Guideline

Bengaluru, the country's IT hub, will go back into lockdown Tuesday as the number of coronavirus cases in the country surged towards a million with about 500 people dying daily.

The telephone keeps ringing for appointments at the Naturals Salon in Chennai's Alwarpet as the outlet reopened today after two months, a day after the Tamil Nadu government permitted salons and grooming parlours to resume services without air conditioning. The state government also announced resumption of public transport and more employees at the...

Public transport has now been allowed in various parts of the country, while in many states fuel prices have gone up.

The countrywide lockdown enters its fourth phase from tomorrow and this would be period likely to see a lot of relaxations, especially in terms of public transport. With a limited number of passenger trains running since last week, the aviation sector and the road transport are expected to get some relaxations.

Allowing public transportation, including metro services and flights, and restarting economic activity in non-containment zones were among the proposals sent by states to the Prime Minister's Office, as the centre draws up plans for a phased exit from the nationwide lockdown. The final guidelines will be issued by Home Ministry only after going thr...

India reported 3,967 cases and 100 deaths due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours, government data shows. The total cases in the country reached 81,970 and so far 2,649 have died. Some 27,920 have recovered from the highly infectious disease. The centre is considering easing lockdown guidelines in a graded manner. The projection of "normalcy on gro...

The projection of "normalcy on ground" will be the focus of Lockdown 4.0, which comes into effect from May 18. A senior home ministry official told NDTV that one of the first areas where relaxation will be allowed wherever possible, is public transport -- on ground and the skies. The boundaries will be based on the states' blueprint -- sought by Pr...

Public transport, which has been off roads since the lockdown against coronavirus was announced on March 25, will soon begin rolling, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari assured transporters today. There, however, will be some restrictions, said the minister, who handles the Road Transport and Highways portfolio. Sources said buses can start plying in t...

A month into the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, all neighbourhood shops in residential areas- except those in the malls - have now been allowed to open by the government.

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...

Bengaluru, the country's IT hub, will go back into lockdown Tuesday as the number of coronavirus cases in the country surged towards a million with about 500 people dying daily.

The telephone keeps ringing for appointments at the Naturals Salon in Chennai's Alwarpet as the outlet reopened today after two months, a day after the Tamil Nadu government permitted salons and grooming parlours to resume services without air conditioning. The state government also announced resumption of public transport and more employees at the...

Public transport has now been allowed in various parts of the country, while in many states fuel prices have gone up.

The countrywide lockdown enters its fourth phase from tomorrow and this would be period likely to see a lot of relaxations, especially in terms of public transport. With a limited number of passenger trains running since last week, the aviation sector and the road transport are expected to get some relaxations.

Allowing public transportation, including metro services and flights, and restarting economic activity in non-containment zones were among the proposals sent by states to the Prime Minister's Office, as the centre draws up plans for a phased exit from the nationwide lockdown. The final guidelines will be issued by Home Ministry only after going thr...

India reported 3,967 cases and 100 deaths due to coronavirus in the last 24 hours, government data shows. The total cases in the country reached 81,970 and so far 2,649 have died. Some 27,920 have recovered from the highly infectious disease. The centre is considering easing lockdown guidelines in a graded manner. The projection of "normalcy on gro...

The projection of "normalcy on ground" will be the focus of Lockdown 4.0, which comes into effect from May 18. A senior home ministry official told NDTV that one of the first areas where relaxation will be allowed wherever possible, is public transport -- on ground and the skies. The boundaries will be based on the states' blueprint -- sought by Pr...

Public transport, which has been off roads since the lockdown against coronavirus was announced on March 25, will soon begin rolling, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari assured transporters today. There, however, will be some restrictions, said the minister, who handles the Road Transport and Highways portfolio. Sources said buses can start plying in t...

A month into the nationwide lockdown to check the spread of the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, all neighbourhood shops in residential areas- except those in the malls - have now been allowed to open by the government.

The government has issued fresh guidelines for enforcing the coronavirus lockdown, with the Union Home Ministry barring all kinds of public transport and prohibiting opening of public places during this period. Agriculture, IT, e-commerce and all inter-state goods transport will be allowed after April 20 to "mitigate hardships to the public", the g...