ludhiana in view of novel coronavirus pandemic the punjab government on saturday issued guidelines for phased reopening of places of worship hotels restaurants and other hospitality services and shopping mallsludhiana deputy commissioner pradeep kumar agrawal informed that the places of worship and religious places hotels restaurants and other hospitality services and shopping malls are allowed to open with effect from june 8 2020 the management of these institutions would abide by the relevant standard operating procedures sops issued by the ministry of health and family welfare mohfw government of india in addition the managements would also abide by the guidelines of the punjab governmentthe managements of these institutions would comply with the guidelines of the state government in addition to the sops of the mohfw for shopping malls every person entering the mall shall have cova app on their phone but in case of a family one person having cova app shall be permitted to enter the mall loitering in the mall will not be allowed entry into the mall shall be based on a token system to adhere to the maximum capacity ideally a maximum time limit for a person a group of persons entering the mall should also be enforced the maximum capacity of the persons allowed in each shop in the mall shall be fixed on the basis of maintenance of 6 feet distance 2 gaz ki duri ie an area of approx 10x10 for each person entering the shop further an additional 25 shall be allowed for common areas to determine the total capacity of the mall the management shall be responsible for ensuring the maximum capacity of the mall and of each shop displayed and no more than 50 percent of the maximum capacity shall at any point of time enter the mall be present in any single shop each shop shall have markers to indicate social distancing for those waiting to enter lifts shall not be used except in case of disabled persons or in medical emergency escalators may only be used with distancing trial of clothingaccessories shall not be permitted the health team of the district shall regularly check the employees working in the shops of the mall restaurantsfood courts shall not operate in any of the malls except for takeawayhomedelivery the managements of these ensure hand hygiene social distancing and wearing of maskssimilarly the restaurants shall only be allowed to open for take away and home delivery as of now there would be no dinein facility till further orders home delivery may be allowed till 8 pm the situation shall be reviewed on june 15 2020 the managements of these places shall make adequate arrangements to ensure hand hygiene social distancing and wearing of maskswith regard to the hotels and other hospitality units the hotel restaurants shall remain closed and food shall be served only in the rooms for hotel guests the situation shall be reviewed on june 15 2020 night curfew shall strictly be enforced and movement of individuals shall