AHMEDABAD: Following a sudden surge in
coronavirus cases, the authorities in
Gujarat's
Ahmedabad city have decided to increase the
night curfew timings by an hour, an official said on Thursday.
The Gujarat government had earlier increased the night curfew timings in four major cities, including Ahmedabad, by two hours to stem the spread of the virus.
Night curfew timings earlier were from 12am to 6am, and then on Tuesday, timings were revised to 10pm to 6am.
With the detection of 298 new Covid-19 cases in the city on Thursday, the
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation announced that instead of 10 pm, the night curfew in the city will begin from 9pm and end at 6am.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by senior IAS officer
Rajiv Kumar Gupta, who has been appointed as the officer on special duty by the government to supervise the AMC's operations amid the pandemic.
The new timing will come into effect from March 19, a release issued by the civic body stated.
The AMC has also announced that all malls and cinema halls, where people gather in large numbers, will remain shut on weekends.