Nagpur guidelines to be issued today

Nagpur: As the state rules have to be implemented from June 3, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation is expected to release its guidelines on Monday, municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe told TOI. “The Centre and state have extended lockdown till June 30 with some relaxations and it will be implemented in Nagpur too,” he said.

On state government’s decision to include Nagpur in 10 ‘restricted’ cities, Mundhe said, “It was taken considering the current situation. We are in agreement and will have to implement it.”

In the order dated May 19 which came into effect on May 22, the state had not included Nagpur in red zone. Mundhe then wrote a letter to chief secretary Ajoy Mehta and insisted on a change, which was accepted. This time, state has placed Nagpur in the 10 cities which are seeing the highest cases.

Apart from Nagpur, Akola and Amravati from Vidarbha too are in the 10 cities that include Mumbai and Pune among others.

The remaining eight districts of Vidarbha — Chandrapur, Wardha, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Washim — will get various types of relaxations.