Pune goes in for Night curfew from dusk to dawn for next one week to control spiralling positive cases

All malls, restaurants, bars, religious places to remain closed in Pune for the next seven days from April 3

By Varsha Torgalkar

@the_news_21

Pune: A strict Night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am has been imposed in Pune in a bid order to control the increasing number of Covid19 cases in Pune. All restaurants, eateries, bars, cinema halls, malls and religious places will remain closed for the next seven days starting from April 3 Saturday. However, home delivery and parcel services will be functional. Not more than five people can gather at public places during daytime.

At the meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar it was decided not to impose blanket lockdown in Pune, but there was a need felt to impose more stringent restrictions. The meeting at the Council Hall was attended by MPs, MLAs, Pune Divisional Commissioner Saurabh Rao, District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh, PMC Commissioner Vikram Kumar, PCMC Commissioner Rajesh Patil, Pune Zilla Parishad CEO Ayush Prasad, Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol and other officials. Situation will be reviewed next Friday.

“The weekly markets will be also closed. At all Mandai (market place), social distancing will have to be maintained. Except marriage (50 people) and funeral (20 people), all other programs have been cancelled,” Saurabh Rao, divisional commissioner, Pune, informed media persons on Friday.

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“PMPML buses will not operate its bus services for the next seven days. But offices or industries can rent the buses for their employees. Offices or industries will work as usual,” he added.

Schools and colleges will remain closed till April 30. However, there are no restrictions for students to attend exams of SSC or HSC or MPSC.

All adult persons in Pune district will be vaccinated in the next 100 days

 “There is focus on increasing number of hospital beds as people from other districts are also coming to Pune for treatment. At the same time, we are increasing vaccination. Yesterday, over 57,000 people got the vaccine and in the next 3-4 days, about one lakh people will be vaccinated in one day. Thus, in the next 100 days all adult people in Pune district will be vaccinated”, informed Saurabh Rao, Pune Divisional Commissioner.

Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appointed 400 paramedics at the COVID Centres. “We have again started an audit of bills of treatment at private hospitals before people complain about exorbitant fees being charged”, he added.

Salient features of Night Curfew:

1.      Night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am

2.      Not more than five people can gather during day

3.      Restaurants, bars, cinema halls, eateries, religious places to be closed

4.      However home delivery and parcel will continue

5.      Except marriage (50 people) and funeral (20 people), other programs are not allowed