chennai the tamil nadu government has eased its curbs further allowing vehicles used for transportation of staff to offices workplace factories and establishments industries and construction industry to carry 60 of the capacity from the existing 3040 capacityin an order chief secretary k shanmugam has modified certain standard operating procedures issued for social distancing for various activities allowed earlier work places shall have an appropriate gap between shifts and will stagger the lunch breaks of staff unlike the previous onehour gap number of visitors per day may be fixed and entry may be restricted the order said while the government had earlier imposed a total ban on nonessential visitors at sitesthe government has also done away with a clause that calls for special transportation facilities by industries to bring workers coming from outside without any dependency on the public transport system for those commuting in cars and jeeps three persons are allowed in addition to the driver of the vehiclethe restaurants need not provide transport facilities for staff the chief secretary said that cross ventilation shall be encouraged in restaurants shops and establishments gymnasiums and driving schools for air conditioningventilation the guidelines of the central public works department shall be followed which emphasis on temperature setting of all airconditioning devices in the range of 2430 degrees celsius relative humidity shall be in the range of 4070 while recirculation of air to be avoided to the extent possible air circulation system should allow freshtreated fresh air with fresh air level of more than 50the modifications have come in the backdrop of largescale relaxations announced by the state government on august 31 including public transport and cancellation of epass intradistrict travelin a standard operating procedure issued for social distancing after opening a playground under the control of sports development authority of tamil nadu the state government said the grounds should have information boards highlighting social distance and hygiene and extend restricted hours of access the stadium officers and coaches concerned will have to assess the capacity of each ground and allow only 100 members initially persons above 65 years with comorbidities pregnant women and children below the age of 10 years are advised not to use the ground for performing physical fitness and exercise the chief secretary said