The Chandigarh Administration is likely to revoke curfew order and put in place lockdown restrictions from May 4 onwards. Curfew was imposed in Chandigarh on March 24.
Notably, the Central Government on Friday issued fresh orders extending the nationwide lockdown by two more weeks from May 4 onwards to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the country.
With 88 Coronavirus cases till Friday evening, Chandigarh figures in the list of red zones released by the Central Government.
“The UT Administration is considering revoking the curfew order. Lockdown restrictions are likely to be put in place from May 4 onwards to ensure social distancing in the city,” said a senior officer of UT Administration. “We are also considering removing the tag of ‘containment zone’ from the entire city and declare the affected pockets as ‘containment zones’. With this, various activities as per the latest guidelines of the Central Government will be allowed in non-containment zone in Chandigarh,” the senior officer said.