hyderabad with chief minister k chandrasekhar rao giving the nod for permitting shops in green and orange zones 27 districts in rural areas and 50 shops towns the municipal administration department has issued guidelines allowing these commercial establishments to function between 10am and 6pmthe government also decided to allow ecommerce in green and orange zone districts and municipalities contained therein however these guidelines would not be applicable in red zone districts like hyderabad medchalmalkajgiri rangareddy and warangal urbandirector of municipal administration department n satyanarayana said shops would be permitted on alternate days it will be in a manner that first third fifth seventh and so on shop will be open on monday wednesday friday while the second fourth sixth so on shops on tuesday thursday and saturday this will ensure that two adjacent shops are opened on alternate days so that only 50 of shops will be open on any given day and the other 50 the following day the director added in other words all evennumbered shops would be open on even days and oddnumbered on odd dayshe said directions have been given to municipal commissioners that this method should be ensured either by using the existing numbers or give fresh numbers to shopsthe government said two adjacent shops would not be allowed to remain open the same day maintaining physical distance and masks for both those working at shops and customers are mandatory a policy of no mask no goodsno service will be followed the shopkeepers have to provide hand sanitizers at entry and exit points the guidelines added