KATHMANDU, June 15: The district administration offices of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur – the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley - have extended the prohibitory orders enforced in the Valley to curb the further spread of COVID-19, relaxing some restrictions enforced earlier.
The latest prohibitory orders have come into effect from Tuesday and will be effective till the mid-night of June 21.
Things that are not allowed during this period
- Public gatherings, seminars, training etc
- Venturing outdoors unnecessarily
- Opening cinema halls, party palaces, swimming pools, clubs, libraries, gyms etc
- Schools and colleges cannot conduct physical classes
- Private and public vehicles restricted to ply the roads
Things that are allowed
- Online classes
- Those people who need to visit embassies for EDV and abroad studies can visit
- Embassies can conduct exams and interviews adopting proper COVID-19 safety measures
- Agricultural activities
- Essential industries and construction companies can remain open making arrangements of accommodation of workers at their respective workstations
- Pharmacies can remain open 24/7
- Vegetable and fruit shops, book shops, dairy shops and other essential suppliers can remain open till 11 AM
- Hardware shops allowed to remain open after 4 PM
- Online deliveries and takeaway services allowed till 7 PM
- Workshops can be operated till 9 PM
- Two people from a family whose family members are admitted to hospital allowed venturing outdoors. Report card of patient and hospital admission card required
- A maximum of seven people and a vehicle allowed for a wedding. Wedding ceremonies to be conducted at your own home
- High-level government officials with identity cards allowed to go outdoors
- Those traveling via international flights require an air ticket, passport and visa document to travel to the airport
- Journalists with identity cards issued by the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and permissions from the CDO office allowed to travel
For vehicles
- Ambulances and vehicles used for drinking water supply and sanitation can be operated
- Vehicles used by electricity and communication offices for maintenance activities allowed plying the roads
- Vehicles used for supplying daily essentials allowed operating from 9 PM to 11 AM
- Vehicles supplying essentials to construction activities are allowed to operate from 9 PM to 5 AM
Banks and Financial institutions
- Banks allowed to operate limited branch offices adopting COVID-19 safety protocols
- Insurance companies and Security Board can operate turn wise with a maximum of 20 percent of manpower
- Cooperatives and remits to stay open two days a week (Sunday and Thursday)