Amid the intractable rates of rising cases of Covid-19, Uttar Pradesh has issued a statement regarding night curfew in six of its cities till the 17th of April, 2021. As the Coronavirus cases are continue to rise, the Uttar Pradesh government has imposed several restrictions in order to curb the detrimental cases of Covid-19. Major cities wherein the restrictions have been imposed are Lucknow, Varanasi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, and Prayagraj with an effect from Thursday night.

The District Magistrate of Prayagraj, Bhanu Chandra Goswami said, “Amid surge of Covid-19 cases, night curfew (10 pm to 8 am) will be imposed in Prayagraj from tonight till further notice. Essential services exempted,” quotes ANI.

 

Also, District Magistrate of Kanpur, Alok Tiwari said, “Curfew would come into force in Kanpur from 10 am to 6 am on April 8, to continue till April 30,” quotes ANI. The Commissioner of Police of Varanasi also announced a week long night curfew from 9 pm in the city, starting from April 8.

Uttar Pradesh has reported 6,023 new cases on Wednesday. The decision was taken after the officials took the review of the current situation.

In Ghaziabad, coaching classes will not be allowed to conduct physical classes till April 17th. Although, practical exams will be conducted as per the specific schedule and no encumbrance will come in the path.

Also, violation of the above restrictions will be charged against the IPC section 188 (disobeying order) and the relevant sections of the epidemic act.

The total number of cases in the state stays at 6, 45,930, which is quite a disturbing figure, indeed. The Union Health Ministry has said that the rate of escalating Coronavirus this year is much higher than that of the last year.

Apparently, the situation demands the masses to follow the restrictions and take precautionary measures. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the CM’s to take up the discussion over the rising cases as well as to review the situation in the states.

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