In view of curfew imposition in the city to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Chandigarh Administration on Monday decided that all government schools and government-aided schools will have summer vacation from April 15 to May 15.
The private schools have also been asked to synchronize the same.
Apart from this, the Administration has decided to defer the recovery of cess charges in electricity bills, payment of water charges, recovery of property tax imposed by the Municipal Corporation till further orders to facilitate the residents.
These decisions were taken at the daily review meeting held by Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore on Monday.
“The decision regarding curfew relaxation timing for essential shopping for consumers will be taken in a day or two,” said UT Adviser Manoj Parida.
Parida also informed that he has requested Haryana Chief Secretary not to allow too many officials to attend offices in Chandigarh and to restrict their entry in curfew. He said that UT Administration is running with skeleton staff and officers are mostly working from home.
During the meeting, the UT Administrator stressed upon the need of a common approach in the tri-city regarding Covid-19.