COVID-19 surge: Night curfew, only 50% shops to be open in J&K, says L-G Sinha
The Hindu
The fresh measures come as the UT recorded over 1,500 Coronavirus cases on Monday. Six people also died due to the infection in the past 24 hours.
In the wake of growing COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir, the Lieutenant Governor administration on Tuesday decided to impose a night curfew in all municipal and urban local bodies in 20 districts of the Union Territory (UT). “The ‘Corona Curfew’ at night shall be extended to all municipal and urban local body limits of all 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. It was already in force in eight districts earlier, from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.,” L-G Manoj Sinha said in a message on Twitter. In a bid to impose a partial lockdown, he said, only 50% shops in market complexes, bazaars, malls within the municipal limits and urban local body limits shall be open on an alternate basis through a rotation system.
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