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Home / News / India News / Gujarat: Night curfew in 20 cities from today
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    Gujarat: Night curfew in 20 cities from today

    Nikita Gupta <br/><i>(Sourced from PTI)</i>
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    Last updated on Apr 07, 2021, 05:38 pm
    Gujarat: Night curfew in 20 cities from today
  • Amid the sharp rise in coronavirus positive cases, the Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a curfew from 8 pm to 6 am in 20 cities, which will come into force from Wednesday, till April 30.

    Earlier in the day, the Gujarat High Court had suggested that a curfew or lockdown could be imposed for three to four days to break the infection chain.

  • In this article
    The curfew was already in force in four cities Government acted on the High Court's suggestions Centre will send a team of medical experts 100 people allowed at weddings, 50 in other gatherings Seventy percent oxygen to be reserved for medical use Rs. 2.66 crore collected in fines in four days Vehicles seized, several arrested for COVID-19 norm violations Gujarat has reported over 324K COVID-19 cases till date
  • Previous decisions

    The curfew was already in force in four cities

  • Earlier, the curfew was in force from 9 pm to 6 am in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Rajkot. The government has also banned political or social gatherings till April 30 and reduced the number of guests for a marriage ceremony.

    The decision to impose the night curfew was taken in the meeting of a core group for coronavirus headed by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

  • Quote

    Government acted on the High Court's suggestions

  • "The High Court has given us some suggestions and we have decided on it. Earlier we had imposed a curfew in four big cities of the state. Now we have decided to implement a night curfew in 20 cities of the state," Rupani said.

  • Details

    Centre will send a team of medical experts

  • Rupani said the Centre will send a team of medical experts to Gujarat which will help the state government to devise a strategy to check the rise in the cases.

    The cities where the curfew is being imposed are Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Gandhinagar, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Morbi, Dahod, Patan, Godhra, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Bharuch, Surendranagar, and Amreli.

  • Information

    100 people allowed at weddings, 50 in other gatherings

  • The state government has reduced the number of people who can attend a marriage ceremony to 100 from 200. Besides, no political or social gathering will be allowed till April 30. In any other type of gathering, only 50 persons will be allowed.

  • COVID-19 treatment

    Seventy percent oxygen to be reserved for medical use

  • The state government has also decided to ramp up the number of RT-PCR tests. 70 percent of oxygen produced by manufacturers will now be kept reserved for medical use instead of the previous ceiling of 60 percent.

    Besides, the number of beds in hospitals are being increased, assuring that there was no shortage of beds in the state for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.

  • Fines imposed

    Rs. 2.66 crore collected in fines in four days

    Rs. 2.66 crore collected in fines in four days
  • The Gujarat police collected fines worth Rs. 2.66 crore in four days from 26,761 people failing to wear masks and those spitting in public places amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said on Wednesday.

    The fines were collected between April 2 and April 5, the official said, adding that a penalty of Rs. 1,000 has been imposed on violators of the mask rule.

  • COVID-19 spread

    Vehicles seized, several arrested for COVID-19 norm violations

  • As many as 1,300 FIRs under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code were also registered against people who failed to adhere to the directives issued by the administration to curb the viral spread.

    At least 2,410 persons were also arrested for flouting COVID-19 related rules and guidelines. In addition to this, 2,373 vehicles were seized for curfew violations in four major cities.

  • COVID-19 numbers

    Gujarat has reported over 324K COVID-19 cases till date

  • The state police, on an average, fined around 6,600 people every day from April 2 to April 5 for COVID-19-related violations in Gujarat.

    Gujarat reported 3,280 fresh coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, the highest rise in a day, taking the tally of infections to 3,24,878 while 17 deaths pushed the toll to 4,598, according to the state health department.

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