Lockdown 3.0 will begin in India, May 4 onwards, after it was extended for the second time till May 17.
However, people do not seem as bummed about this extension as the previous ones, because this comes with ‘much needed’ relaxations for green and orange zones. For many Indians it is like their prayers have been answered as the government will allow reopening of liquor and paan shops in green range zones.
‘Liquor stores & paan shops will be allowed to function in green zones while ensuring minimum six feet distance (2 gaz ki doori) from each other & ensuring that not more 5 persons are present at one time at the shop’, reads the statement issued by MHA on Friday. However according to some reports, liquor shops will be allowed to open in both orange and green zones.
As soon as this news was announced, people took to social media to express their joy and some to make fun of people in Delhi – because there are mostly red zones in the national capital.
Here are some of the choicest reactions to the reopening of the alcohol shops:
Needless to mention, the shop owners would have to be extra careful to make sure that customers maintain social distancing and do not overcrowd.