Maharashtra: Cinema halls to reopen at 50% capacity from November 5

Cinema halls are finally set to reopen Thursday in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra after months of being shut down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cinema halls, theaters, and multiplexes will be allowed to function at 50% capacity outside containment zones from Thursday.

No eatables are allowed inside the theaters, cinema halls, multiplexes, a government notification issue today said.

The Maharashtra government has also given permission to swimming pools used for training state, national and international level atheletes to open from November 5. Yoga institutes and stadiums for indoor games will also be allowed to open from November 5, states the order. However, the swimming pools in the containment zone will remain closed.