‘Mask relief for family members in same car’

Q: How many family members are now allowed to travel in personal cars? Is wearing masks inside your own car still compulsory? - Vinod Rajesth
A: Pune police commissioner Amitabh Gupta says it depends on the seating capacity of a vehicle and mask is not mandatory if all the car occupants are family members.
Q: Timings have been extended to 6.30pm to stay out.But many police officers are saying there is no notification like that and they are stopping every one. Please advise. - Vishal Raheja
A: Police commissioner Amitabh Gupta says the timing to stay out is now up to 5pm and you cannot move on the roads thereafter without a valid reason. However, police will allow people to reach their homes from their offices or workplaces till 6.30pm, he adds.
Q: Four of us need to traveling to Kolhapur on June 12 in our car on the death of my uncle. Please guide how many people can go and if e-pass is required.
-- Anshuman Dev
A: Police commissioner Amitabh Gupta says you can travel as per the RTO norms and e-pass is not required.
Q. I have an edible oil manufacturing unit in Satara. Do I need an e-pass to travel from Pune to Satara? - Subhas Tripute
A: Police commissioner Amitabh Gupta says you can travel from Pune to Satara. E-pass is not required, he adds.