Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

Haryana industries allowed to function with 100% workforce

- HT Correspond­ent

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government on Monday allowed industrial areas with access control (industrial model townships, special economic zones and industrial estates), e-commerce enterprise­s and industries in rural, urban and municipal areas to start functionin­g with 100% workforce.

All the functional industrial establishm­ents will be outside containmen­t zones. CM Manohar Lal Khattar said areas other than the containmen­t zones will be considered as orange zones and all non-restricted activities will resume in such areas.

Issuing guidelines for industrial units, the state government said these establishm­ents will have to apply on Saral Haryana portal to get movement passes for their employees.

“Immediate and automatic approval shall be accorded for the generation of movement passes as soon as the applicatio­ns are submitted on the portal. The passes will be valid till May 31,” said an order issued by the industries and commerce principal secretary AK Singh. Movement passes already issued to industrial workers will stand automatica­lly extended till May 31, the order said.

The state government on Monday wrote to Delhi, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhan­d Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh government­s

besides Chandigarh administra­tion, seeking their consent for operation of inter-state bus routes, as mandated by the ministry of home affairs in its lockdown 4.0 guidelines.

The state has sought consent to operate buses on routes including Panchkula-delhi, Gurugramch­andigarh, Ambala-shimla, Karnal-amritsar and Ambaladehr­adun among others.

PREGNANT WOMAN TESTS POSITIVE

Though the health bulletin did not mention her case, a pregnant woman was tested positive at PGIMS, Rohtak.

Doctors said the woman hailed from Gurugram, who was admitted to the hospital’s labour room. “21 staffers, including doctors and nurses, have been quarantine­d. The labour room has been sanitised,” the PGIMS spokesman said.

In Sonepat, among the three confirmed patients are a 36-yearold man from Mayur Vihar area and a 30-year-old man from Mohana village, both working with the Delhi government. Son of an infected man also tested

 ?? HT PHOTO ?? All functional industrial establishm­ents will have to be outside the containmen­t zones.
HT PHOTO All functional industrial establishm­ents will have to be outside the containmen­t zones.

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