New Delhi: Following Ghaziabad authorities choice, Gautam Buddh Nagar authorities on Thursday (March 18) imposed COVID-19 restrictions, underneath Section 144 of CrPC, between March 17- April 30 as a precautionary measure towards the rising cases in view of upcoming festivals.
As the calendar marks a collection of upcoming festivals, together with Holi, Good Friday, Maharishi Kashyap Jayanti, Ambedkar Jayanti, Navratri and Ram Navami the Gautam Buddh Nagar police is placing in place quite a few precautionary measures ranging from March 17 until April 30.
Meanwhile, Ajay Shankar Pandey, Ghaziabad District Magistrate has issued orders to forestall gatherings amid rising COVID-19 infections and upcoming festivals, underneath section 144 felony Procedure Code (CrPC).
No festival-related exercise might be allowed in the containment zone and no resident the containment zone might be allowed to take part in any form of occasion exterior. Persons over the 65 years of age and youngsters underneath 10, sick and pregnant ladies have been urged to sit down at house until there’s a well being emergency.
As many as 28,903 new COVID-19 cases and 17,741 recoveries had been reported in India in the final 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry knowledgeable on Wednesday (March 17). The loss of life toll stands at 1,59,044 together with 188 fatalities recorded in the final 24 hours. On the opposite hand, over 3,50,64,536 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered thus far in the nation
Additionally, Uttar Pradesh’s Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh stated, “the government machinery is concentrating more on preventive steps like focus and contact/target testing to arrest the cases before it takes an alarming proposition.”
He additionally acknowledged that the scenario in Uttar Pradesh will not be as alarming as different states in the nation, so there is no such thing as a have to impose any night time curfew or lockdown.
Meanwhile, amid the surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka and others, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a digital assembly with Chief Ministers of the states on Wednesday (March 17). “We will have to immediately stop the emerging second wave of coronavirus, and for this, we will have to take quick and decisive steps,” stated PM Modi in the assembly.
