COVID-19 lockdown 2.0: Nagaland government relaxes more activities

Kohima: The government of Nagaland on Friday relaxed more activities in the state in pursuance of the Union ministry of home affairs orders permitting the resumption of few business activities by ensuring that the standard operating procedure for social distancing for offices, workshops, factories, establishments and farms.

The order issued by the office of the chief secretary permitted food processing industries and industries operating in rural areas, including stone crushers, saw mills, brick kilns in rural areas, which are outside the limits of municipal corporations and municipalities to operate. Only the functioning of food processing units such as bread factories, milk processing plants, flourmills, dal mills and so on are permitted in urban areas.

The collection, harvesting and processing of minor forest produce (MFP)/non-timber forest produce (NTFP) by scheduled tribes and other forest dwellers in forest areas have also been permitted. It also allowed the plantation of bamboo, coconut, areca nut, cocoa, spices and the harvesting, processing, packaging, sale and marketing process.