MOHALI: A
lockdown on Ram Navami on Wednesday and every
Sunday apart from extending the night curfew from 8pm to 5am from the earlier 9pm to 5am were some of the stricter measures taken to stem the spread of novel coronavirus in the district.
Deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan said the decisions were announced by Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh during a high-level
Covid review meeting. The CM said he had received a request from UT adviser Manoj Parida for a Tricity lockdown on Wednesday.
However, Chandigarh will take a call on the restriction on Tuesday. The UT administration has not received any communication from Haryana till date, Parida said, while clarifying that Chandigarh has no plans for a longer-period lockdown.
In Mohali, all bars, cinema halls, gyms, spas, coaching centres and sports complexes will be closed from Tuesday till April 30. “The police department has been told to strictly enforce the
restrictions and take support of civil society organisations. All weekly markets have also been ordered to shut down,” he said.
Gatherings of more than 20 persons, including for weddings/cremations, were banned across the state. Prior approval of the administration was needed for all gatherings of more than 10 persons, except for cremation, the DC said.
In Chandigarh, deputy commissioner Mandip Singh Brar held a meeting with resident welfare associations to seek their inputs and cooperation to prevent the spread of Covid-19.