After much confusion about the recent unlock plan, Maharashtra government, in a late night development on Friday, announced the lifting of lockdown restrictions from Monday, June 7.
The government said the lockdown in the state would be lifted as per the basis of COVID-19 positivity rate and the availability of oxygen beds in the respective cities/districts.

According to the guidelines, the Public Health Department would assess the situation every Thursday, which will declare the occupancy of oxygenated beds and positivity rate of the state and every district.
In a statement, the state government said, Lockdown restrictions will be relaxed on the basis of COVID positivity rate and availability of oxygen beds in Maharashtra.

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What is the five-level unlock plan?

LEVEL 1

All the districts where the COVID-19 positivity rate is either 5% or less and the occupancy of hospital beds is lesser than 25% would fall under Level 1. All those districts under Level 1 would be allowed to completely unlock and all activities would resume like before.

All activities including public transport, restaurants, theatres, cultural events, shops, malls, industries, private and government offices would be allowed to re-open. Manufacturing and other industries can also resume operations in Level 1 and 2 areas without any restrictions.

All shops would be permitted to remain open during regular hours. Weddings, funerals, industry, construction activities can resume without restrictions. Local trains have also been allowed to operate.
LEVEL 2

Cities and districts that have 5% COVID-19 positivity rate and 25%-40% occupancy of hospital beds would be included in Level 2.
Section 144 would remain applicable in the districts that fall under Level 2, which means not more than five people can gather in public places.

While operation of local trains wouldn’t be permitted, theatres, malls, restaurants, beauty parlours, salons, gyms would be allowed to operate at 50% occupancy.

LEVEL 3

All districts where the COVID-19 positivity rate is 5%-10% and the occupancy of hospital beds is lower than 40-60% would fall under Level 3. While all those shops selling essential items would be allowed to stay open till 4 pm on all days, shops selling non-essential items would be permitted to operate only on weekdays. Malls and theatres would remain closed along with the implementation of Section 144.
Only essential workers and women can use local trains.

Parks and gardens can open from 5 am to 9 am. Gyms and salons would remain open only till 4 pm. Restaurants could stay open till 4 pm on weekdays. After 4 pm, only takeaway services would be allowed on weekends and weekdays. Construction activities would be allowed with 50% staff. Private offices could stay open till 4 pm on weekdays.

LEVEL 4

All the areas that have a 10%-20% COVID-19 positivity rate and 60%-75% occupancy rate would fall under Level 4. Section 144 would also be in force. Public transport would be available at 50% capacity. Shops selling essential items would be allowed to remain open till 4 pm on all days.

No movement of people would be allowed post 5 pm; no one would be allowed to step out on weekends.
Manufacturing industry would be allowed to open with 50% capacity.

LEVEL 5

Areas those have a positivity rate of 20% and above and occupancy rate above 75% would come under Level 5. There would be no relaxation in such areas. An e-pass would be required to travel to/from any city/district, which comes under level 5.

Wedding ceremonies:
There would be no restrictions on functions in Level 1 areas. In Level 2, a marriage ceremony could take place with 50% of hall capacity and a maximum of 100 people. The number has been restricted to 50 in Level 3 and 25 in Level 4.

Only family members are allowed to be present for functions in Level 5 areas.

According to the public health department, the Level 1 districts currently include Aurangabad, Bhandara, Buldhana, Chandrapur, Dhule, Gadchiroli, Gondia, Jalgaon, Jalna, Latur, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Parbhani, Thane, Washim, Wardha and Yavatmal.
Level 2 includes Ahmednagar, Amravati, Hingoli, Mumbai and Dhule.

In Level 3, Akola, Beed, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Osmanabad, Sangli, Satara, Sindhudurg and Solapur districts are included.

Cities like Mumbai and its satellite towns, along with Nashik, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Aurangabad, Solapur and Nagpur would be treated as administrative units.
The 34 districts apart from Mumbai (that falls in Level 2 of the unlock plan) would be treated as administrative units.