GUWAHATI: The
Assam government on Friday withdrew the daily night curfew from 9pm and weekend lockdowns as it implemented the Centre’s Unlock 4.0 guidelines after a delay of four days.
It also issued clear instructions to citizens to follow
Covid-19 protocol
or else face penalty and prosecution.
“Weekend lockdown and night curfew have been lifted. However, please adhere to all the Covid-19 protocols to keep yourself and others around you safe,” state chief secretary Kumar
Sanjay Krishna announced in his tweet on Friday afternoon. Health minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma said an SOP is being prepared to implement an order by
Gauhati High Court
to strictly enforce Covid-19 protocol. Chief Justice Ajai Lamba and Justice Manish Choudhary, while hearing a PIL on Thursday, directed police to be proactive on the streets and check whether the May 8 order issued by the state health department on wearing of face masks and maintaining social distance in public places are being maintained or not. The court also directed the state authorities to slap fines on violators.
Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is curren...
Read MorePrabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
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