amaravati revamping the lockdown restrictions the state government has decided to kickstart economic activity even in red zone districtsthe state redefined the zonal criteria for covid19 by following the union home ministrys guidelines and directed district collectors to ready the road map to allow reopening of shops and commercial establishmentsthe shops will be shut only in containment zones existing containment area and buffer area of 3km even in red zone districts while malls theatres educational institutions religious places bars and hotels will continue to be under closure mode in all the three zones the permission to open standalone shops in colonies residential areas and apartments will be grantedearlier the permission for commercial activities was been confined to green and orange zone districts including vizianagaram srikakularm visakhapatnam east godavari west godavari ananthapur and kadapa now the relaxation will apply to red zone districts such as krishna guntur prakasam nellore kurnool and chittooreffectively defining and managing the containment clusters along with their buffers is the key the boundary of the containment cluster shall be defined by the district administration taking into account the mapping of cases and their contacts geographical dispersion of cases and contacts area with well demarcated perimeter and enforceability said k jawahar reddy special chief secretary health in the covid19 order released on sundaythe containment core area will generally extend from 500 meters radius to 1 km depending upon the extent of the spread of cases and contacts within the locality and this would be geographically quarantined a buffer zone of up to 3 kms from the epicenter of the core area shall also be demarcated so as to ensure surveillance through monitoring of ilisari cases in health facilities he directed the collectorsin rural areas of the red zone districts all the essential and nonessential shops could be opened outside the containment zones permissions for construction activity would also be granted with immediate effect