The ruling Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi had sent a proposal to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to remove many restrictions, including lifting the weekend curfew, but he has turned it down. Although 50 percent of the employees will be able to work in private offices, the Delhi government’s proposal has been accepted by the Lieutenant Governor. In such a situation, from Monday, government and private offices of Delhi will open with 50 percent employee capacity.

At present, the markets will open on an odd-even basis.

The Delhi government had also proposed to open all the markets in its proposal, but the Lieutenant Governor has not given permission. It has been said that the status quo should be maintained with regard to weekend curfew and opening of markets and a decision should be taken on this subject when the situation of coronavirus infection improves further.

Significantly, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi had approved this proposal of relaxation along with the removal of weekend curfew, the regular opening of markets, but Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal rejected it. Overall, all kinds of restrictions will continue in Delhi for now. 

There is also a proposal for relief

• The odd-even system to open a shop will end
• Weekend curfew may be lifted in Delhi
• Private offices will also open with 50 percent capacity
• Delhi Metro will run daily with 100% speed, so far due to the weekend curfew, the metro is running at an interval of 15-20 minutes on Saturday and Sunday.

It is worth noting that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said many times in the past that if the cases of corona decrease, then relaxation in restrictions can be announced. At the same time, on Friday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain had said that the cases of corona in Delhi are decreasing in less than a week. During this time, 50 percent cases have come down so far. Therefore, the cases of corona have come down to half after reaching the peak, but the danger is not completely averted, so the restrictions imposed for the prevention of corona will have to wait a bit for relief.

He said that the cases of corona in Delhi had reached more than 28 thousand and the infection rate had reached more than 30 percent. In comparison, the cases are now halved. The infection rate has also come down to 22-24 percent. Therefore, it seems that the peak of corona infection in Delhi is over and the cases are decreasing. The infection rate is likely to drop further in a few days. On the issue of less testing, he said that Delhi is getting the maximum number of tests in proportion to the population.

Every person who comes for examination in hospitals and dispensaries is being screened. No one is denied investigation. When the cases of corona were increasing, then more number of people were getting sick. That’s why more people were coming to get tested. Now people are getting sick less. That’s why a small number of people are reaching to get tested. Because of this the investigation has been reduced somewhat. He said that at one time before the third wave, the cases of corona had come down to 50. Whereas now the infection rate is more than 20 percent and cases are also coming from 12 thousand to 13 thousand. That’s why it’s important to be cautious now.