Unlock: Tamil Nadu announces more relaxations – Times of India

CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government has eased its curbs further, allowing vehicles used for transportation of staff to offices, workplace, factories and establishments, industries, and construction industry to carry 60% of the capacity from the existing 30%-40% capacity.
In an order, chief secretary K Shanmugam has modified certain standard operating procedures issued for social distancing for various activities allowed earlier.
Work places shall have an appropriate gap between shifts and will stagger the lunch breaks of staff unlike the previous one-hour gap.
“Number of visitors per day may be fixed and entry may be restricted,” the order said, while the government had earlier imposed a total ban on non-essential visitors at sites.
The government has also done away with a clause that calls for special transportation facilities by industries to bring workers coming from outside, without any dependency on the public transport system. For those commuting in cars and jeeps, three persons are allowed in addition to the driver of the vehicle.
The restaurants need not provide transport facilities for staff.
The chief secretary said that cross ventilation shall be encouraged in restaurants, shops and establishments, gymnasiums and driving schools. For air conditioning/ventilation, the guidelines of the Central Public Works Department shall be followed which emphasis on temperature setting of all airconditioning devices in the range of 24-30 degrees Celsius.
Relative humidity shall be in the range of 40%-70%, while recirculation of air to be avoided to the extent possible and cross ventilation should be adequate. Air circulation system should allow fresh/treated fresh air with fresh air level more than 50%.
The modifications have come in the backdrop of large-scale relaxations announced by the state government on August 31, including public transport and cancellation of e-pass intra-district travel