The state government of Maharashtra recently permitted fully vaccinated citizens to enter shopping malls across the country. This decision was implemented from Sunday, August 15, 2021, however, reports stated that the children were not allowed at the malls, which raised concerns for the visitors.
Clarifying the same, the government, in a notification issued on Monday, August 16, 2021, said that the children can enter the malls upon showing valid age-proof IDs like PAN, Aadhar, school or college IDs etc. A detailed report regarding the same was published on the Free Press Journal, which mentioned that the vaccination for the population below 18 years of age had not begun yet and considering the same, children below 18 had to produce age proof to enter the malls.
As of now, shopping malls in Maharashtra have been allowed to remain open until 10.00 pm whereby all visitors and staff members should be fully vaccinated and have to produce the certificate for the same with a valid photo ID.
Besides this, the civic body in Mumbai, on Monday, August 16, 2021, further relaxed the operational hours for beaches, gardens, playgrounds in the city. As per the revised guidelines issued by Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal, these locations can remain open from 6 am to 10 pm, an extension from the previously announced hours (until 9pm) in June 2021.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Mumbai have reduced significantly and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) recently announced new guidelines thereby offering some more relaxations at public places.
Moreover, the long wait for the Mumbai local train commute for general public finally ended this Independence Day, August 15, 2021, as the services resumed for fully vaccinated citizens in Mumbai. After thorough consideration and deliberation, the state government granted permission which has helped many Mumbaikars resume their daily lives amidst the pandemic. Local train services were shut for the general public during the first COVID-19 wave and despite the drop in cases, the government had allowed only the workers from essential service to commute by the trains. General public had raised issues regarding the matter, but were asked to commute using the buses only.
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