Maharashtra: No lockdown in Maharashtra, but night curfew, other strict curbs in place
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has decided against imposing a complete lockdown in the state. However, a weekend lockdown has been ordered to check the spike in coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, night curfew and other strict curbs will be in place. Only essential services will be allowed on Saturdays and Sundays. Meanwhile, restaurants will be permitted to operate only for take-away and parcel services. Office employees will have to work from home. A number of key decisions were taken at an emergency cabinet meeting chaired by Uddhav on Sunday.
On Saturday, Maharashtra reported as many as 49,447 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest rise in a day so far, taking the tally to 29,53,523 while 277 fatalities pushed the toll to 55,656.
A LOOK AT MAJOR DECISIONS
- Complete lockdown on Saturdays and Sundays
- Curfew in the state from 8 pm till 7 am
- Section 144 in the day
- Malls, restaurants, bars shut
- Govt offices to operate with 50% capacity
- No bar on vegetable market, but protocols to lessen crowd
- Theatres to shut
- Public transport to operate with 50% capacity
- Shootings with very less crowd allowed
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