The industries must follow the standard operating procedures set out by the government and obtain permission from district administrations before beginning operations.
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In a bid to revive the state’s economy, the Karnataka government on Friday further relaxed lockdown norms and has allowed industries in nine coronavirus-free districts to operate. “Industries in rural areas i.e. outside the limits of district headquarters of COVID-19 unaffected districts (excluding Ramanagara district) of Yadgir, Koppal, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, Kolar, Chamarajanagar, Raichur, Havri and Hassan have been allowed to operate," Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar said. This was after the Union government issued guidelines to ease lockdown measures in districts that were not hit by the coronavirus. This was stated in an addendum to his Wednesday order announcing partial exit from lockdown. Earlier, the state government had identified 10 green zones including Ramanagara with no COVID-19 cases. However, this was until five men, who were arrested for the ruckus at Padarayanapura in Bengaluru and were lodged in the Ramnagar jail, tested positive on Friday. The factories must obtain an authorisation from the respective district administrations and also submit an undertaking that standard operating procedures mandated by the government for easing the lockdown would be followed. As the order was issued on Friday, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Suresh Kumar said that it may take two or three days for the industries to be up and running in these districts as the necessary permission must be obtained. The move will be an added boost to micro, small and medium scale industries operating in the green zones, especially in Yadgir, Koppala, Kolar and Raichur districts, Minister Suresh Kumar added. Partial relaxation of lockdown came into effect in Karnataka from Thursday. On Wednesday, the government had announced that IT and IT enabled services have been allowed to operate with essential minimum staff and also certain construction activities, manufacturing of packaging materials, courier services, among others were given relaxation. Activities that have already been permitted include construction of roads, irrigation projects, buildings and all kinds of industrial projects, including MSMEs in rural areas and all kinds of projects in industrial estates, where workers are available on site and no one is required to be brought in from outside. (With PTI inputs)
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