Friday, 20 November 2020

Amid Covid Surge, Night Curfew Imposed in Parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh

Amid Covid Surge, Night Curfew Imposed in Parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
Gujrat Government on Friday announced that starting 21 November, it has imposed night curfew in Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara between 9 pm and 6 am in the wake of surging coronavirus cases in the state, according to news agency ANI report.

The announcement by Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel came after the state government on Thursday had decided to impose complete curfew in Ahmedabad from 9 pm of 20 November to 6 am of 23 November, after which a night curfew will remain in force.


Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation declared night curfew from 9 pm to 6 am every day from tomorrow in order to control the spread of COVID-19. The situation was reviewed late night and it has been decided that a complete curfew shall be imposed from tomorrow night 9 pm till Monday morning at 6 am in the city of Ahmedabad," an order said on Thursday.

Meanwhile, in the wake of the prevailing situation, the Gujarat government has put on hold its earlier decision to open secondary schools and colleges in the state from November 23, said an official release


Moreover, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also imposed a night curfew between 10 pm and 6 am from tomorrow in the more virus-affected cities in the state.

"Night curfew to be imposed between 10 pm to 6 am, starting from November 21 in Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Vidisha, and Ratlam districts. People engaged in essential services & factory workers are exempted," Chouhan said.

However, Chouhan on Friday rejected recent reports that the state government is mulling to impose lockdown again in MP

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