Surat: Days after the state government imposed the night curfew in 20 cities, the Surat district administration imposed a similar curfew in the district areas outside the police commissionerate.
The district collector Dhaval Patel issued a notification on Friday declaring the night curfew from 8pm to 6am. The night curfew was imposed from Saturday night and will be in effect till April 30. Officials said that lately during the Holi festivities people used to crowd in public places despite the appeal for maintaining social distancing. In market areas and eateries too, people gather in large numbers due to which the night curfew had to be imposed.
The number of people allowed at a wedding has also been brought down to 100 while in other gatherings only 50 people will be allowed. All social and political gatherings have been suspended till April 30.
However, all essential and emergency services will be allowed during the curfew hours.
Earlier this week, the state government had imposed night curfew in 16 towns and cities apart from the four major municipal corporation areas in the wake of high court’s observations on the pandemic situation in the state.