Ban On Social, Political Activities In Containment Zones In UP

<p><strong>Lucknow:</strong> All social, political, sports, entertainment, academic, cultural and religious activities have been banned at least for the next 14 days in Covid containment zones in Uttar Pradesh, with immediate effect.<br /><br />UP chief secretary R K Tiwari issued a government order asking the districts administration to ensure compliance.</p> <p><span style="color: #f80707;"><strong>ALSO READ: <a style="color: #f80707;" href="https://ift.tt/2Rdnm9F Doctors To Join Fight Against Covid In UP</a><br /><br /></strong></span>Tiwari said weddings should be permitted with not more than 50 guests and the last rites must not have more than 20 people.<br /><br />All shopping complexes, cinema halls, restaurant and bars, sports complexes, gyms, spas, swimming pools and religious places should also be closed in these areas, the order added.<br /><br />Although the government has not used the term lockdown, the instructions issued by Tiwari are similar to many of those in force last year.<br /><br />Tiwari said all essential services such as health, police, fire services, banks, power, water and irrigation will continue.<br /><br />Public transport such as buses, metro trains and cabs should run at not more than 50 per cent of their seating capacity, the chief secretary's order said.<br /><br />There will be no restriction, however, on the movement of inter-state transport and intra-state transport.<br /><br />All offices -government or private - must work with not more than 50 per employees on the premises. All industrial and scientific institutes, government or private, will follow social distancing.<br /><br /><br /></p>

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