In pursuance to the directive issued by the State Government, the following regulations in
enforcement of Unlock Phase-II have been made within Kohima District from 11 th  July to
17 th  July 2021:
i. The practice of ‘NO MASK-NO MOVEMENT’ and ‘NO MASK-NO ENTRY’ shall be
strictly enforced in nil public places by the Kohima District Task Force and law enforcing
agencies.
ii. Shops/ business establishments dealing with all kinds of goods/ items/ articles, including
those dealing with essential goods and commodities such as vegetables, fish/ meat
vendors, milk booths, bakeries, local grocery stores are permitted to open from 06:00 AM
to 04:00 PM ONLY on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Respective shop/
business establishments shall ensure that there is no over-crowding in the shops. Cashless
mode of payment should be encouraged as far as possible.
iii. For all Shopping Complexes/ Market places in and around Kohima Municipal area where
more than l (One) Shop is located in the same building/ Compound, the Owners/
Management shall work out a strategy to ensure that only 50% of the shops are open on
permitted days of opening and that no two shops which are adjacent to each other are
open on the same day. Necessary arrangement and monitoring shall be worked out by the
Kohima Municipal Council in consultation with KCCI.
iv. All shops and business establishments, as mentioned in Pt.ii, shall be closed on
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays except pharmacies.
v. Restaurants/ eateries shall be allowed to operate take-away/ food delivery on all days.
However, proper queue system should be maintained for all customers to ensure physical
distance in addition to mandatory wearing of mask and practicing hand hygiene.
vi. Delivery of LPGs and e-commerce service operators shall be allowed to operate on all
days.
vii. Delivery personnel of all categories are advised to display Vaccination Status in the
delivery vehicle. Contactless delivery should be ensured at all times along with
maintaining Covid appropriate behaviour of mandatory wearing of Mask/ Gloves,
maintaining hand hygiene and physical distancing. Cashless mode of payment should be
encouraged as far as possible,
viii. Every shop/ business establishment besides keeping hand sanitizers for use by the
visitors and taking measures for ensuring COVID-19 appropriate behaviours at all times
shall also prominently display the status of vaccination of all the shop keepers/ staff
present in the shop/ business establishment.
ix. Barber shops, beauty parlours, spas, salons etc where close physical interaction cannot be
avoided shall be permitted to open after sending application for the same to the Kohima
District Task Force on Covid-19 indicating status of vaccination of the Staff and
strategies to be adopted to ensure minimal contact with customers. Only after due
approval of the Kohima District Task Force on Covid-19, they shall be permitted to open.

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Permit of the Kohima District Task Force on Covid-19 and Status of Vaccination shall be
prominently displayed at the entrance of all barber shops, beauty parlours, spas and
salons.
x. All the government office in the District may open with 50% attendance of staff on any
day and subject to adherence to COVID-19 behaviour at all times. The 50% staff not
attending on any day will work from home and will be available on phone/call for dealing
with any urgent office work.
xi. The private office in the District may also function with up to 50% attendance and
subject to adherence of COVID-19 behaviour.
xii. Religious place(s) or worship are allowed to open subjected to an attendance of not more
than 50 (Fifty) persons with strict adherence to COVID 19 appropriate behaviour In cases
where the place of worship has a capacity where physical distance cannot be maintained
by 50 persons, the number of attendees should be accordingly reduced.
xiii. Outdoor sports activities other than competitions will be permitted, subject to
attendance of not more than 100 persons, and adherence of COVID-19 appropriate
behaviour and all the applicable SOPs issued from time to time. In the case where such
outdoor sports activities are played which does not allow for maintaining physical
distance, the number of attendance should be reduced accordingly.
xiv. Wedding Solemnization, Funerals and sports training shall be allowed subject to
an attendance of not more than 50 (Fifty) persons, and subject to adherence to COVID-19
appropriate behaviour and applicable SOPs Issued from time to time. Wedding receptions
shall continue to remain suspended. In cases where the aforementioned events are held in
enclosed space/ indoors, the numbers of attendees is to be reduced accordingly to ensure
that physical distance is maintained at all times.
xv. Light Motor Vehicles including Taxis shall continue to ply within Kohima district on
ODD-EVEN basis as per office order Dated 30.06.2021 issued by Office of the
undersigned
xvi. Only 50% occupancy shall be allowed in all Light Motor Vehicles to maintain
physical distance. Local Taxis shall be allowed to ply with only 2 (Two) passengers and
without any passenger in the front seat within Kohima Municipal area along with plastic
barrier/sheet as per Advisory No. GAB-1/COM/GEN-1/2020 (Pt-V) Dated 12.06.2021.
However, Local Taxis are not authorised to charge Fares higher than those fixed by the
RTA vide Order Dated 06.10.2020. Vaccination status of Local Taxi Driver shall also be
prominently displayed in the windshield of the Taxi. Intra-District Taxi Service outside
the jurisdiction of Kohima Municipal area shall remain suspended.
xvii. Bus service, inter-district Taxi service, two- wheeler taxi service and pillion
riding shall remain suspended in Kohima district.
xviii. Inter-district movement of people is allowed subject to the person (s) being
asymptomatic and having completed their COVID-19 vaccination (both doses taken) and
subject to adherence of COVID -19 appropriate behaviours.
xix. All movement of persons/ vehicles, except for exempted categories/ medical
emergencies shall remain restricted from 07:00 PM to 04:00 AM
xx. All applications may be sent to warroomkohima@gmail.com Helpline Nos.
6033833879/9362705742 may also be contact for any assistance.
xxi. All other activities which are otherwise not permitted shall continue to be strictly
restricted.
Any action(s) in contravention with the above stated regulation shall be deemed to have
committed an Offence punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant
provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
                                                                                    (DPRO Kohima)