Karnataka State government to impose night curfew from December 28
The Hindu
The Karnataka State government has imposed a ban on all new year celebrations in public places
The Karnataka State government has decided to impose night curfew for ten days starting from December 28.
This was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on December 26 with the members of the Technical Advisory Committee and health department officials. Speaking to the press after the meeting, Health and Family Welfare Minister K. Sudhakar said that the night curfew will be imposed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. “No new year celebrations will be allowed in public places,” he said. He also added that the hotels will be allowed to have only 50 % occupancy. All restaurants, hotels, clubs and pubs will function with 50% of their seating capacity from December 30 to January 2. All these are precautionary measures taken amidst rising cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19.
The night curfew will be applicable from December 28 to January 7.
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