chandigarh the punjab government on saturday issued standard operating procedures sops for places of worship hotels and shopping malls which have been allowed to open from monday these guidelines are in addition to instructions issued by the union government any violation of the guidelines will be punishable under section 51 to 60 of the disaster management act besides legal action under section 188 of the indian penal code ipc hyderabad the shopping centres association of india scai has urged chief minister k chandrasekhar rao to reopen malls after may 31 the mumbaibased association in a letter to the cm and also chief secretary somesh kumar said it would follow precautionary measures in the covid19 situation with flights and trains running again shopping malls too should be allowed shopping malls play a crucial role in brining the economy back on rails the association saidthe association said shopping malls provide safest hygiene and controlled safe environment to customers