Updated: What’s Closed & What’s Open in Pondicherry: Covid-19 Lockdown

Here’s everything that’s closed or open in Pondicherry till May 3

NEW UPDATE: Pondicherry’s lockdown to contain the spread of Covid19 (Coronavirus) has been extended till May 3. All groceries/ essential shops- vegetable shops-markets will close at or before 1 pm. 

What’s Open

1. Ponlait Milk Booths (6 a.m- 6p.m from April 6 onwards)
2. Vegetable Shops & Fruit Stalls (till 1 pm only)
3. Pharmacies
4. Grocery stores READ: Home Delivery Services open during Covid19 Lockdown in Pondicherry
5. Markets: Gingee Salai Market, Uzhavar Sandhai & other newly created temporary markets mentioned here 
6. Insurance, Banks & ATMs : Many banks have limited working hours now – please check with bank website/phone number for local info. Opt for digital services whenever possible
7. LPG Gas & Petrol Pumps (till 1 pm for public )
8. Police, Fire, Traffic, Home Guards, Disaster Management, Prisons, Animal Husbandry, District Admin, Treasury
9. Sanitation, Electricity, Water, Port
10. PWD, Municipal bodies -only staff required for essential services like water supply, fumigation, swachatha
11. Hospitals and related medical establishments , labs, clinics etc
12. Hotels & guest houses accommodating tourists stranded during lockdown
13. Post office
14. Print and electronic media
15. Telecom, Internet, Broadcasting, Cable, IT &ITeS (work from home as much as possible)
16. Private security services, cold storage, warehousing, power generation & transmission
17. Manufacturing units of essential commodities and permitted production units
18. Movement of essential goods
19. Fishing (from April 15)

ALSO READ: List of Pondicherry groceries, bakeries and shops open during lockdown

What’s Closed 

1. Schools, Colleges, Anganwadis, Educational and training institutes
2. Pondicherry University 
3. Malls: Providence Mall and Pothys (grocery superstore unit is open)
4. Gyms , fitness centres , swimming pools and zumba studios
5. Sports stadiums, sports academies, surf schools
6. Cinema Theatres
7. Clubs and Discotheques
8. Museums & Art Galleries
9. Sunday Market
10. Cultural centres
11. Bars
12. Wholesale and retail liquor outlets
13. Parks including Bharathi Park & Botanical Gardens (updated March 19 )
14. Chunnambar Boat House
15. Beach Road – Promenade / Rock Beach (both pedestrian & vehicle traffic)
16. Playgrounds & Lawspet Helipad
17. Many busy sections of some streets inside the Boulevard are barricaded
18. Restaurants 
19. Food delivery services like Swiggy/ Zomato
20. All Shops except those stocking essentials 
21. All places of worship
22. Sri Aurobindo Ashram & Matrimandir
23. Airport, trains, port, road transport-  transport for essential goods exempted
24. Goubert Market/ Big Market (Updated March 30) Find the market closest to you here

Closed but open to community

1. Auroville: Closed to visitors. Essential and emergency services open for Aurovillians (Updated March 24)
2. Sri Aurobindo Ashram & associated facilities: Closed. Essential & Emergency services available to Ashramites and volunteers.

Can’t cook or no access to prepared food? REGISTER on this community app here

READ: All Pondicherry Helplines for Covid19 Questions & Complaints

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Feature Photo: Pondicherry University Campus: HARI P