<span style="color: #222222;">In Maharashtra, the cinema halls, drama theatres, multiplexes and auditoriums outside the containment zones will reopen today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to a notification issued by State Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar, these entertainment zones will be allowed to reopen with 50 percent of its capacity.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The notification does not allow eatables to be taken inside these places.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, acceding to the request of the entertainment industry the State Government has given a go ahead to reopen theatres, multiplexes and auditoriums in non-containment zones from today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It will be after a gap of almost eight months that these places will reopen for the people in Maharashtra.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The State Government has also allowed resumption of sporting activities outside the containment zones.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The order also states that swimming pools used by internationational/national and state level players for their training will be allowed to operate from today.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Yoga institutes and indoor sports like badminton, tennis, squash, shootings will also be allowed to reopen with proper sanitization measures and ensuring social distancing.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The SOP for the same will be issued by the Cultural Affairs Department and local authorities.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Cultural Affairs Department will take into consideration the SOP issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. </span>