Guwahati: In view of the present Coronavirus state of affairs, the Assam authorities launched two notifications laying out some restrictions for the vote counting and meeting election consequence announcement set to occur on May 2 i.e. tomorrow.
Following the Election Commission’s directive, the state authorities has banned victory rallies on Result Day. Meanwhile, the federal government has additionally prolonged the night time curfew throughout the state until May 7.
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Releasing two separate notifications, the state authorities has introduced the restrictions.
“Any victory procession or assembly at any public place during and after the counting on 02.05.2021 is prohibited,” the notification launched by the federal government reads.
The order specifies that the successful candidate will solely be accompanied by two individuals whereas prohibiting the cracking of firecrackers and utilization of loudspeakers.
All individuals must put on a masks, it added.
Besides this, the restriction on the motion of individuals from 8 pm to five am which was set to finish on Saturday has been prolonged by every week retaining in thoughts the spike in day by day instances that has reached over 3,000.
The order informs that every one retailers and markets besides important providers together with pharmacies, hospitals, animal care facilities, and veterinary clinics must shut down throughout night time curfew.
The exempted important providers additionally embrace these of electrical energy, water and sanitation, and public transport.
Government officers (each central and state), judicial officers, and individuals entrusted with election-related work are additionally exempted, on the manufacturing of legitimate ID playing cards.
Assam on Friday recorded 3,197 new instances taking the caseload to 2,53,123. The state additionally reported 26 fatalities which is the best in a single day to date, taking the variety of deaths to 1,281. The variety of lively instances is 23,826.
