srinagar after the jammu and kashmir administrations nod the parks and gardens in srinagar have been opened for visitors on wednesday amid covid19 lockdown relaxationsas a precautionary measure wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing is a must for all visitors thermal screening of those entering the gardens is also being conducted as well as they are being provided with sanitisers to clean their handsumar maqbool a local visitor said since the lockdown was imposed i have come to the park today this is a nice step by the government as the people were disturbed due to the lockdown if people decide to visit the parks they should take full precautions the opening of gardens also resumed some small businessesicecream vendors photographers restaurant owners and other vendors have welcomed the governments decisionmohamad hanief who earns from selling icecreams said we stayed indoors for four months even if few people visit at least we will be able to sell something today is the first day so fewer people are coming but normalcy will return graduallywhile sitting at home the stress levels among people has increased opening gardens would help a lot since tourists are expected to visit the historical mughal gardens including nishat shalimar the department of floriculture has given clear instructions to the employees to strictly follow the guidelines including wearing marks sanitising hands and maintaining physical distance said javaid ahmad masoodi floriculture officer mughal gardensthe gardens and parks were closed for public entry since march in wake of the covid19 outbreak