Chennai: Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami today chaired a meeting with top officials before taking a final decision on relaxation of prohibitory orders in the State.
The S Krishnan Committee, constituted to frame guidelines for opening of select industries after 20 April and for the way forward after the lockdown ends on 3 May, submitted its report to the Tamilnadu government today, based on which the consultations were held, highly placed sources said.
However, industries falling within containment zones will not be allowed to function, it is learnt and this creates a doubt over functioning of companies including IT firms in and around Chennai.
Amid expectations that some relaxations in the lockdown would come into force from today as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Tamilnadu government on Sunday announced that all the restrictions put in place in the State would continue ’till further orders’.
An official release here said the Centre in its order on 15 April had announced that the States could decide on allowing functioning of new industries, commercial establishments and other services from 20 April and intimate the same to it.