Madhya Pradesh Government has on Tuesday announced imposing night curfew in Bhopal and Indore. Besides, eight other districts will see markets closing down at 10pm in the wake of growing cases of Covid-19.
A decision was taken to this effect in a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Tuesday. The markets in eight cities including Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Ratlam, Chhindwada, Burhanpur, Betul and Khargone will be closed at 10pm.
Besides, those coming in from Maharashtra will be subjected to a weeklong isolation before they are allowed to visit place of their choice.However, night curfew like situation won’t be there in these districts. The revised orders will come to effect from March 17 onwards.
The review meeting also decided to enhance strictness on those breaching facial mask rule and measures like sending them to temporary jails will be taken.