<p>After nearly six weeks of shutdown, Maharashtra will open up some business activities on Monday but with the strictest of precautions. </p>.<p>However, the state's districts would continue to be sealed except for the movement of essential commodities, vegetables and fruits, milk, medicine and medical items. </p>.<p>Limited business activities would be permitted in orange and green zones. However, there is a strict no in red zones. More or less total lockdown would continue on Mumbai, the financial capital of India. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-to-remain-under-lockdown-till-may-3-tally-breaches-10000-mark-toll-at-326-817763.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>Some activities are expected to resume in the far suburbs in the larger Mumbai metropolitan region that comprises parts of Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts. </p>.<p>Industrial, commercial and business activities have come to a standstill in the Mumbai-Pune belt that has the largest number of COVID-19 positive cases and casualties in the country. </p>.<p>"We are starting some business activities in a limited way.... if we do not start running the economy now, we will be in a financial crisis after we come out of COVID-19," Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday in a webcast message. </p>.<p>Thackeray said that the state government was allowing production and processing activities in a limited way. "The employers would have to organise accommodation for the workforce. They should not travel long distances for work," he said. </p>.<p>Wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing should be a part of life, he said. Thackeray reiterated his assurance that migrant workers should not worry. "I am regularly in touch with the Centre.... we are sure of a solution in the coming days.... don't worry at all and ask your families not to worry... if it is possible, start joining work," he said. </p>.<p>"Maharashtra government will ensure that you are back home once the crisis ends," he said.</p>
<p>After nearly six weeks of shutdown, Maharashtra will open up some business activities on Monday but with the strictest of precautions. </p>.<p>However, the state's districts would continue to be sealed except for the movement of essential commodities, vegetables and fruits, milk, medicine and medical items. </p>.<p>Limited business activities would be permitted in orange and green zones. However, there is a strict no in red zones. More or less total lockdown would continue on Mumbai, the financial capital of India. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-to-remain-under-lockdown-till-may-3-tally-breaches-10000-mark-toll-at-326-817763.html">Follow live updates on coronavirus</a></p>.<p>Some activities are expected to resume in the far suburbs in the larger Mumbai metropolitan region that comprises parts of Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts. </p>.<p>Industrial, commercial and business activities have come to a standstill in the Mumbai-Pune belt that has the largest number of COVID-19 positive cases and casualties in the country. </p>.<p>"We are starting some business activities in a limited way.... if we do not start running the economy now, we will be in a financial crisis after we come out of COVID-19," Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Sunday in a webcast message. </p>.<p>Thackeray said that the state government was allowing production and processing activities in a limited way. "The employers would have to organise accommodation for the workforce. They should not travel long distances for work," he said. </p>.<p>Wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing should be a part of life, he said. Thackeray reiterated his assurance that migrant workers should not worry. "I am regularly in touch with the Centre.... we are sure of a solution in the coming days.... don't worry at all and ask your families not to worry... if it is possible, start joining work," he said. </p>.<p>"Maharashtra government will ensure that you are back home once the crisis ends," he said.</p>
