Maharashtra Eases Covid Restrictions; Cinemas to Function at 100 Per Cent Capacity in 14 Districts

According to the report, restaurants, cinema halls and theatres to function at 100% capacity in 14 districts including Mumbai.

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Victor Dasgupta

Updated: March 2, 2022, 8:31 PM IST

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Owing to the dip in the Covid cases, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government on Wednesday eased coronavirus-related restrictions, news agency PTI reported. According to the report, restaurants, cinema halls and theatres to function at 100% capacity in 14 districts including Mumbai. The 14 districts are: Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Pune, Bhandara, Sindhudurg, Nagpur, Raigad, Wardha, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sangli, Gondia, Chandrapur and Kolhapur.

Further, Swimming pools, religious places, entertainment parks will also be allowed to function with 100% capacity in all the 14 districts. A government notification said these are districts where first vaccination dose is more than 90 per cent, second dose over 70 per cent, positivity rate less than 10% and bed occupancy of oxygen supported or ICU bed is less than 40%.

Here are the full guidelines:

1. Restaurants, cinema halls and theatres to function at 100% capacity in 14 districts
2. Swimming pools, religious places, entertainment parks will also be allowed to function with 100% capacity in all the 14 districts.
3. The 14 districts are: Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Pune, Bhandara, Sindhudurg, Nagpur, Raigad, Wardha, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sangli, Gondia, Chandrapur and Kolhapur.

To recall, the Union Home Ministry earlier directed states and union territories to consider relaxing Covid curbs for social, sports, entertainment, academic and religious events as well as night curfew hours in view of the substantial decline in the number of cases.