Table 1.
COVID-19 rules and guidelines recommended for major Indian cities during three phases (Phase 1: Lockdown 1.0, Phase 2: Lockdown 4.0, Phase 3: Unlock 6.0).
| Phase | National guideline | Mumbai | Delhi | Bangalore | Chennai | Kolkata | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age restriction | 1 | People aged above 65 years and children below 10 years of age are not allowed to travel for non-essential activities | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||
| Curfew | 1 | Complete lockdown | ||||||
| 2 | 7 PM–7 AM | Nil | ||||||
| 3 | Nil | 11 PM–6 AM | 11 PM–5AM | Nil | ||||
| Activity Participation | ||||||||
| Work | 1 | Few sectors such as healthcare, police, etc., are allowed to travel for work. | ||||||
| 2 | Allowed but advised Staggering of work hours and work from home | Private offices: Not allowed | National guideline | Allowed with only 50% of their workforce | Private offices: Allowed with 50% strength | |||
| 3 | Allowed but advised Staggering of work hours and other suitable measures | Private offices: Allowed with 30% strength | Employees should work in shifts | Continue working from home | National guideline | |||
| Education facilities | 1 | Not allowed | ||||||
| 2 | Not allowed for students. Online learning permitted | |||||||
| 3 | Higher classes and higher studies with a limited number of people at a time; encouraged online classes and staggered work hours | |||||||
| Retail | 1 | Allowed essential and emergency facilities only | ||||||
| 2 | Allowed | Limitation in time and number of people | Odd-even basis with limitation in the number of people | Limitation in the number of people | Limitation in the number of people | Limitation in time and number of people | ||
| 3 | Allowed | Limitation in time | National guideline | |||||
| Restaurants, recreations and sports facilities | 1 | Not allowed | ||||||
| 2 | Restaurant: Allowed to take away and food delivery Mall, cinema halls, Gym, & Pool: Not allowed |
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| Parks and sports complexes are permitted to open without spectators | ||||||||
| Mall, cinema halls, Gym, & Pool: Not allowed | ||||||||
| 3 | Allowed | Limitation in time | National guideline | |||||
| Events and gatherings | 1 | Social, political, and religious functions, gatherings & congregations: Not allowed, and Wedding & funerals: Allowed with limitation number of people | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Allowed with limitation number of people | |||||||
| E-commerce | 1 | Essential and emergency services | ||||||
| 2 | Allowed all goods except in the Containment Zones | |||||||
| 3 | Allowed | |||||||
| National guidelines | Mumbai | Delhi | Bangalore | Chennai | Kolkata | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transport modes | |||||||||
| Private Transport | 1 | Allowed only for essential and emergency services with passenger limit | |||||||
| 2 | No restriction | Passenger limit | Pillion rider not allowed | National guideline | |||||
| 3 | Allowed | ||||||||
| Paratransit | 1 | Not allowed | |||||||
| 2 | No restriction | Allowed with passenger limit | |||||||
| 3 | Allowed | ||||||||
| Public transport | 1 | Not allowed | |||||||
| 2 | Buses: Allowed | Buses: Allowed with passenger limit |
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| Local trains: Allowed for selected population | |||||||||
| Metro: Not allowed | |||||||||
| 3 | Bus & Metro: Allowed | Trains: Allowed for women during non-peak hours | National guideline | Trains: Allowed for the general public during non-peak hours | National guideline | ||||
| Trains: Allowed for a certain population (some government workers) | |||||||||
Note: Data collected from the State and Central government websites and National news websites.