Lagatar24 Desk
Guwahati, Dec.25: After Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, Assam has also imposed night curfew in the state in view of the increasing Omicron risks.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has issued a directive on Saturday, December 25, for both rural and urban areas which will remain in force with effect from 6 a.m. of December 26 until further orders.
The night curfew will be from 11.30 p.m. to 6 a.m. across the state.
However, this curfew will not be applicable on December 31, 2021.
All the work places, business/commercial establishments, dine in restaurants, hotels, showrooms, shops dealing with groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, will remain open up to 10.30 PM.
Religious places are allowed to operate with 60 fully vaccinated persons per hour for iconic places and 40 fully vaccinated persons per hour for other religious places.
Cinema halls will continue to operate with 50% of seating capacity of fully vaccinated viewers and observance of COVID-19 appropriate behavior.
All District Magistrates, Superintendent of Police will ensure that the people who visit the above mentioned places, strictly follow COVID appropriate behaviour.
They will deploy sufficient number of teams for keeping utmost vigil at public places and for enforcing COVID Appropriate Behaviour so as to avoid any possibility of surge in COVID-19 cases.
Any persons violating these measures will be liable to be proceeded against as per provisions of Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, besides legal action under Sec. 188 of IPC 188 and other legal provisions as applicable.
