<span style="color: #222222;">Nearly a week after strict restrictions were imposed in Maharashtra, the state government issued additional guidelines in a bid to contain the spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In its new guidelines, the government has ordered that all groceries, vegetable shops, fruit vendors, dairies, bakeries, confectionaries, all types of food shops, shops related to farm products, pet food shops, shops related to materials for impending rainy season for individuals/organisations will now remain open daily only between 7 am to 11 am.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The guidelines further said that home delivery from the said shops however may be allowed between 7 am to 8 pm.  It further added that these timings however may be changed by the local authority.</span><br />