Dehradun: The Uttarakhand authorities on Monday prolonged the Covid curfew within the state until June 22 however introduced some necessary relaxations similar to opening the chardham yatra for locals on the situation of a unfavourable RT-PCR take a look at report.
The interval of the present curfew within the state was to come back to an finish at 6 am on Tuesday morning.
“We’ve got determined to increase the curfew for an additional week to June 22 in view of the COVID-19 state of affairs. The previous SOPs will largely stay in power aside from a couple of main modifications similar to opening the doorways of the Himalayan temples for locals with unfavourable RT-PCR experiences,” Cupboard Minister and state authorities’s official spokesman Subodh Uniyal stated.
“Folks of Chamoli district now have the permission to go to Badrinath temple for ‘darshan’ if they’ve a unfavourable RT-PCR take a look at report. Equally, individuals of Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi districts also can now go to Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri respectively with a unfavourable RT-PCR take a look at report,” the minister stated.
The well-known 4 Himalayan temples in Uttarakhand although open since Might for each day prayers have been out of bounds for pilgrims.
Income courts have additionally been reopened with sure restrictions, he stated.
Technique of public transport like auto rickshaws and tempos have been allowed to ply on the roads and retailers promoting sweets can now open for 5 days in per week, Uniyal stated.
Fifty individuals can now attend marriage ceremonies and funerals as a substitute of the current permission for 20. Nevertheless, these attending weddings should carry a unfavourable RT-PCR take a look at experiences.
District Magistrates have been authorised to calm down the restrictions for market locations in rural areas based mostly on their evaluation of the Covid state of affairs, he stated.
On the choice to increase the curfew, Uniyal stated the instances of COVID-19 might have come down however it could be untimely to say that the pandemic problem has been overcome.