Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, announced some relaxations to the current restrictions in the state, while addressing a meeting at Nabanna today.
Retail stores can now be kept open from 12 noon-4 pm, informed the CM. Hotels and restaurants can be kept open with a 50% workforce from 5 pm to 8 pm only if the workers are vaccinated and all safety measures must be followed.
She annoumced free vaccines for the workers of rice mills and flour mills like ration shop workers. The CM further said that partial exemptions are also being considered in the case of shopping malls.
There were 29 trade associations present in the meeting with the Chief Minister today. During the meeting, the Chief Minister said, that no lockdown or curfew was imposed in West Bengal like other states. ‘We have already given 1 crore 40 lakh vaccines so far. We are providing 70-80 thousand vaccines every day. The haats and bazaars of the state should be sanitized regularly. The issue of vaccination of domestic helpers is also being taken seriously. ‘, she added.
