Night Curfew From 10 pm-6 am Extended In 27 Cities In Gujarat Till Feb 4
Mumbai: The Gujarat government has announced that the existing night curfew will be extended in the state’s 27 cities till February 4. The timing of the night curfew is from 10 pm to 6 am.
The decision to extend the date of night curfew was taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during a core committee meeting in Gandhinagar, a release said, adding that although the number of new coronavirus cases in Gujarat was declining, 12,131 persons were found infected during the last were go.
Following a sudden spike in cases, the state government had on January 21 announced night curfew in 19 cities apart from eight major cities where it was imposed long ago.
These metros cities are – Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar and Gandhinagar, besides Anand and Nadiad cities. Curfew has also been extended in Surendranagar, Dhrangradhra, Morbi, Wankaner, Dhoraji, Gondal, Jetpur, Kalawad, Godhra, Vijalpore (Navsari), Navsari, Bilimora, Vyarav, Vyapar, Bharuch and Ankleshwar.
Shops, shopping complexes, marketing yards, salons, spas beauty parlours etc. are allowed to operate till 10 pm, home delivery of food from hotels and restaurants is allowed 24 hours, the release said.
Bus transport services are exempted from night curfew and can operate with 75% seating capacity.
A maximum of 150 people are allowed to attend political, social and religious gatherings at one place in an open space. In enclosed spaces, the number should not exceed 50% of the area.
The Gujarat government has also allowed establishments such as water parks, gyms, swimming pools, auditoriums, cinema halls and libraries to operate at 50% of their capacity.
Gujarat has so far recorded more than 1.13 million cases due to Covid-19 which include 10,375 deaths, 1,014,501 recoveries and 107,915 active cases. Over 97.3 million vaccine doses have been administered to eligible beneficiaries in the state since the beginning of the vaccination drive in January last year.
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