Keypoints:
- Mumbai Mayor said that a night curfew may be imposed in the capital city on March 28 from 10 or 11 pm.
- With an exemption on essential services,hotels and pubs will remain shut during the night curfew.
- Under ‘Mission begin again’ program,Government of Maharashtra extended Covid-19 related restrictions across the state till April 15, 2021.
- On Saturday, India’s financial capital reported 6,123 new covid cases, which is the highest since the start of the pandemic.
- Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray has ordered night “curfew” in entire Maharashtra from March 28.
In the wake of rising Covid cases, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar announced that all the residential societies having five or more Covid-19 cases will be sealed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Mayor also said that night curfew may be imposed in the capital city on March 28 from 10 or 11 pm. Hotels and pubs will remain shut during the night curfew with an exemption on essential services.
“Night curfew in Mumbai may start from 10 pm or 11 pm on March 28. Hotels and pubs to remain closed during the night curfew. Only essential services will be allowed. BMC will seal the residential societies with five or more cases. We are seeing a higher positivity rate in high-rises than in slums and chawls,” she added.
Maharashtra Government extended theCovid-19 related restrictions across the state till April 15, 2021, under its ‘Mission Begin Again’ program.
“We are seeing a higher positivity rate in high-rise buildings than in slums and ‘chawls’. Hotels and pubs to remain closed during the night curfew. Only essential services will be allowed,” Pednekar said.
Amid the rise of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, CM Uddhav Thackeray ordered night curfew in the entire state from Sunday (March 28) onwards.
