BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday announced a ban on movement of passenger buses to and from Mahrarashtra from March 20 in view of the alarming rise in Covid cases in the neighboring state. The decision was taken by MP chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during a meeting to review the situation with municipal commissioners and district collectors, an official said.
The state government has already advised officials in border districts to place the passengers arriving from Maharashtra in week-long quarantine.
Markets and business establishments in the districts that are affected most due to the pandemic, including Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Sagar, Betul, Burhanpur, Khargone, Ratlam and Chhindwara, will remain closed from 10pm to 6am, it was decided during the meeting. In Indore and Bhopal cities, night curfew from 10pm to 6am is already in force from Wednesday.