Metro Railway can resume services by observing social distancing and other precautionary norms from September, Banerjee added.
Here are the West Bengal lockdown schedule for August, September:
August 27, Thursday
August 31, Monday
September 7, Monday
September 11, Friday
September 12, Saturday
West Bengal COVID-19 lockdown guidelines
To maintain social distancing norms among the residents, the state government imposed a biweekly lockdown in West Bengal from the end of July. Only the essential services are allowed to function on lockdown, the state government mentioned. All the other shops will be closed for two days a week across the state. All the government and private offices, commercial establishments will also be shut. The educational institutions including schools, colleges and universities will remain closed till September 20, Banerjee announced.
All the public and private transport will remain shut. However, Petrol pumps are allowed to function on the days of complete lockdown.
The domestic flight services from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata will also remain shut on those days when lockdown is being implemented in West Bengal. The passengers were earlier requested to contact concerned airlines to change their flight schedule.
West Bengal confirmed more than 1.44 lakh coronavirus cases since outbreak. The active number of COVID-19 patients rose to 27,349. The total number of recovered coronavirus patients stood at 1.14 lakh. The deadly novel virus claimed 2,909 lives in the state.
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