bhopal lifting restrictions on participation of people in social educational religious sports entertainment cultural and political events and presence of people at religious places at a time the state home department has issued new sops for such eventsacs home rajesh rajora in his order sent to all the district collectors said that the guidelines issued on october 15 2020 for such events and presence of people for worship at religious places are being repealed and being replaced with new sops in accordance with the guidelines issued by the union home secretary in his order on january 27 2021 the new sops will remain in force till february 28 2021according to new sops such events cannot be organised in containment zones events being held in open space or a closed hall will have to follow covid19 norms like thermal screening of participants wearing masks will be compulsory for all participants norms of social distancing and sanitisation will have to be followedfairs can also be organised with the same terms conditions in forcecinema halls and theatres can operate with full sitting capacity but guidelines issued by the union home ministry for them will have to be followed