The Odisha government announced the reopening of shopping malls, parks, and cinema halls keeping in view the covid-19 situation. Several relaxations in all the districts have been made on Saturday, barring three cities where coronavirus caseload is relatively high.

The administration granted the relaxations for a month starting from 6 am on Sunday. Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said, adding that the existing 10-hour night curfew from 8 pm will be in place in all the districts. He added, "The new guidelines will be enforced for a month till 6 am on September 1." The SRC also said the unlock measures will not be implemented in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Puri and there has been a significant improvement in the COVID situation in 27 districts. All weekly and monthly markets, shopping malls, and parks are allowed to reopen across the state from Sunday but the restrictions on social and political gatherings are not withdrawn. The state government asked the district administrations to decide on the reopening of religious places, except Shree Jagannath temple in Puri and Shree Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar. 

Meanwhile, malls, restaurants, roadside eateries, bars, theatres, and cinema halls are also allowed to operate with 50 percent seating capacity. People have been allowed to only take away food from eateries till Sunday and were not permitted to avail of dining facilities. All official meetings will be allowed with a maximum of 100 participants but the highest number of 30 people will be permitted to take part in programs such as inauguration and laying of the foundation stone of projects, Jena said.

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