Delhi imposes night curfew, says NO to new year celebrations at public places

Ahead of the New Year’s day, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday (December 31) officially imposed a night curfew in Delhi, which disallows celebrations and the get together of over five people at public places amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic and the new strain of the virus from the UK.

According to an order signed by Chief Secretary of Delhi Vijay Dev, no celebratory new year events, congregations, and gatherings at public places is permitted from 11 PM onwards of December 31 to 6 AM of January 1. The statement also said that the curfew will also remain applicable from 11 PM of January 1 to 6 AM of January of 2.

“A detailed assessment of the situation in Delhi has been made and considering the threat posed by the mutant UK strain of COVID-19 virus and after observing the local incidents of Covid-19 pandemic in Delhi, it is apprehended that gatherings, congregations, and public celebrations of New Year pose a considerable threat of the spread of the virus and may cause a setback to the appreciable gains made in the suppression of chain of transmission of COVID-19 cases in Delhi,” the order said.

However, there will be no restriction on the interstate and intrastate movement of individuals and goods during this imposed curfew period.

With this, Delhi now joins the likes of Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Rajasthan who has also made the call to imposition night curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus.