Amid growing demand of traders and hotel associations to lift night curfew in four districts of the State, Himachal Cabinet on Wednesday decided to give two hours relaxation and imposed night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am.
The cabinet meeting held under Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also decided to allow the markets to open in the state as per the earlier practice even on Sunday, by giving due consideration to the demand of the general public as well as various trader associations, said an official spokesman.
It was on November 23 when the State Government had imposed night curfew in four districts namely Shimla, Mandi, Kangra and Kullu in view of increase in COVID-19 cases in Himachal.
Earlier, the government had on December 14 decided to continue with night curfew till January 5 in the four districts from 8 pm to 6 am.
The spokesman said that the cabinet also decided that all the summer closing schools in the state would remain closed till February 12, 2021 and online study would continue.
During its meeting, the cabinet also considered the issue of exuberant charges being levied by the private schools amid COVID-19 pandemic and constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of concerned Deputy Commissioners with Deputy Directors Higher Education and Elementary Education of concerned districts as its members to see that the fees and charges by the private educational institutions are not exploiting in nature and they are consortium to the salary of the staff and infrastructure facilities in the schools.
The spokesman further said that the cabinet also gave its consent for allotment of 104 MW Tandi, 130 MW Rashil and 267 MW Sach Khas hydro-electric projects on Chenab Basin in favour of SJVNL on similar term and conditions as already allotted for three projects to SJVNL in Chenab Basin.
The cabinet decided to fill up two posts of Assistant Registrar Cooperative Societies in Cooperative Department through direct recruitment, the spokesman added.