Against the backdrop of surging coronavirus cases, the government has announced strict enforcement of country-wide lockdown from April 14 to 21.
The cabinet division announced the gazette notification in this regard on Monday.
Instructions have been given to the secretaries of the concerned ministries and divisions to maintain restrictions strictly during the lockdown.
“All the government, semi-government, autonomous, financial, and private offices will remain closed. All the employees and officials have been asked to stay at the duty station during the lockdown,” according to the gazette notification.
But the air, sea, river, land ports, and its concerned establishments will remain out of the purview of the instructions.
All types of inland transportation including road, river, and international flight operations will remain shut down. But cargo transportation, manufacturing, and emergency services will remain out of the order.
Industries and factories are allowed to operate their respective units by maintaining health guidelines. But factories and industries must have to ensure transportation for commuting their respective workers.
Law enforcement agencies, emergency utility services, farm inputs including fertilizer, seed, pesticides, farm machinery, food grains, food items transportation, relief distribution, health care services, Covid-19 vaccination, electricity, water, gas, fire service, port operations, telephone, internet, mass media including print and electronic media, private security, postal services and other emergency cargo and service-related offices, employees and their own transportation will remain out of the restrictions.
Unless of any emergency situation like medicine and essentials purchase, medical treatment, burial or funeral of the dead body, none will be allowed to go outside of the home. Traveling for vaccination purposes after showing a vaccination card will be allowed.
