UP Allows Markets To Open On Sundays

UP Sunday Lockdown: A statement said there is not even a single Covid-19 patient in 15 districts of the state -- Aligarh, Amethi, Budaun, Basti, Deoria, Farrukhabad, Hamirpur, Hardoi, Hathras, Kasganj, Mahoba, Mirzapur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shravasti and Shamli.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday allowed markets to open on Sundays in view of the improved coronavirus situation in the state. The decision was taken at a meeting held by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to review the COVID-19 situation. "Now markets can open from Monday to Sunday from 6 am to 10 pm. Night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am will remain in force. The markets will now be closed as they used to be before restrictions were imposed due to Covid," Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi said in an order. Earlier at the meeting, Mr Adityanath said, "In view of the improving COVID-19 situation in the state, doing away with the system of statewide weekly closure (of markets) on Sundays can be considered. Now on, in all cities/markets/industries/factories, the closure should be implemented as it was before the spread of coronavirus."