<span style="color: #222222;">After five days of the 10-day lockdown imposed on the twin cities, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad some restrictions are eased from today.<br />''<br />''Stores selling essential commodities, such as grocery and vegetables will be allowed to remain open in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad for a four-hour period from Tomorrow.<br />''<br />''In a bid to avoid overcrowding on the first day, both civic bodies have allowed essential commodity shops and vegetable vendors to operate from 8 am to 6 pm on Today. From Tomorrow they will be allowed to operate from 8 am to 12 noon.<br />''<br />''As the number of Covid-19 cases in Pune district crossed 45,000, a lockdown had been imposed on Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and parts of Pune rural from 14th to 23rd July in an effort to curb the spread of the infection.<br />''<br />''In spite of lockdown sharp daily increase in the number of Covid-19 patients is noticed in Pune District and it is more than Mumbai from the last 3 days. </span><br />