Delhi lockdown news: Today's updates

As the Central and state governments allow phase-wise relaxation in curbs to get the life up and running again following over two months of lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
Update at 10.48am: Vehicles carrying essential commodities and persons with passes issued by GM Noida are allowed to travel from Delhi to Noida
Update at 10.30am: India registers biggest single-day spike of 8,392 Covid-19 cases; total rises to 1,90,535
Update at 9.30am: Traffic movement at Delhi-Ghaziabad border near Ghazipur

Update at 8.30am: Police check passes and IDs of people entering the district at Noida-Delhi border near Delhi's Mayur Vihar Extension area

Noida and Ghaziabad to seal towers, not societies
Containment zones in the two NCR cities will be significantly smaller, with the fifth phase of lockdown kicking in from Monday. In societies, only the tower where a case has been reported would be sealed and if cases come in from across highrises in a society, only those towers with active cases and common areas would be sealed.
As corona snips at livelihoods, barbers also likely to take a cut
For even the dourest amongst us, a haircut, often accompanied by a shave and a head massage, is an indulgence and perhaps a short window of 'me time' in our otherwise busy lives. That was, of course, before Covid-19. Now, even if Delhi government allows the neighbourhood barber shop to open, things will never be the same again.
IGL may hike CNG price to recover ‘corona costs’
IGL is considering raising the price of CNG as a sharp decline in sales due to the lockdown has proven inadequate to cover operational costs and additional expenditure incurred to make stations corona-ready.
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