After a month-long lockdown imposed due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, markets reopened partially in Jammu Kashmir on Monday as the process of unlocking started in the region.
According to new guidelines imposed by authorities, shops have been allowed to open on alternate sides after a one-day gap.
The public transport was allowed to ply at 50 percent of the seating capacity in the Orange category districts; it remained shut in the Red category districts. Pertinently Srinagar, which has seen the highest number of cases, has been ordered to open 50 percent transport.
The unlock process was launched amid the case positivity rate falling to 6.2 percent from 13 and the daily COVID-19 sliding down to an all-time high of 5,500 to 2,200 in the past two weeks, as per Press Trust of India.
The cinema halls, multiplexes, clubs, gyms, spas, and paid parks closed till further orders.
Half of the 10 districts in Kashmir valley — Pulwama, Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, and Kupwara — have been classified as Red, while the other half — Srinagar, Shopian, Ganderbal, Kulgam, and Bandipora — belong to the Orange category.