The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to impose fresh restrictions of 55 hours in the state from this evening amid spurt in Covid-19 cases. The restrictions will be in place from 10 PM today till 5 AM on 13th July.
Apart from the continuous working units in urban areas and industrial units in rural areas all other industrial activities will be closed. These restrictions will not affect rail and air services along with movement on national highways and road transportation including goods services.
On these three days that is 10,11 and 12 july a massive sanitization and clean water supply campaign will be launched across the state. Through a public address system an awareness campaign will also be launched regarding covid-19 and other communicable diseases.
Speaking exclusively to AIR news Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh RK Tiwari said that these 55 hours long restrictions which are starting from 10 PM today should not be considered as lock down and there is no need to panic. He categorically denied the rumours of the extension of restrictions and said that the restrictions will end at 5 AM on Monday.
