New Delhi: After nearly seven months of lockdown owing to COVID-19, the Union Home Ministry has allowed re-opening of cinemas, theatres and multiplexes outside the Containment Zones with up to 50 per cent of their seating capacity from Oct. 15.
In a letter to Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories, Ajay Bhalla, Home Secretary, Government of India, said Entertainment Parks and similar places, Business to Business (B2B) Exhibitions, Swimming Pools being used for training of sportspersons, will be allowed to re-open only after issuing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) by Departments concerned.
