<span style="color: #222222;">Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, J & K notified SOP's for regulating activities of industries/ industrial/commercial/private establishments  in pursuance to measures being taken up during the lockdown. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The step has been taken to mitigate hardships to the public in the backdrop of COVID-19 Pandemic. AIR correspondent reports that the SOP has specified the categories of industry to be permitted to operate during lockdown includes Essential Commodities comprising Basic Food processing activities, Packaged processed food items, Pharmaceuticals, Soaps, disinfectant and detergents, Agro products, Packaging Material, Cold Storages, Packaged Drinking water and Cotton Masks. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In addition, some activities like Repair of transformers and Parts thereof, production of cardboard/wooden boxes for apple/fruit packing, Industries operating in rural areas, Brick Kilns in rural areas and production units requiring continuous manufacturing process. Besides, manufacturing activities within the Industrial Estates have been allowed where arrangement for stay of workers is possible. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Besides, the units manufacturing Medical/Health infrastructure items, Sanitization Tunnels/ fumigation Tunnels are also permitted to operate. Likewise, services including Print and electronic media, IT & ITES, Data and Call Centres for Government activities only, CSCs, e-com companies, Courier Services, Cold Storage & warehousing, Private Security Services would to be permitted to operate. <br />''<br />''1007 industrial units have been permitted to operate during the lockdown period in Jammu while as 468 units have been permitted in Kashmir. Corresponding to the above 786 units have resumed their operation in Jammu whereas 455 units have become operational in Kashmir.</span>