Prohibitions & night curfew extended till July 7 | East Garo Hills

WILLIAMNAGAR: The District Magistrate of East Garo Hills, Swapnil Tembe has extended the lockdown and night curfew in the entire district under Section 144 of the CrPC and the Regulation 3 of Meghalaya Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulation, 2020 from 5 am of June 30 till 5 am of July 7.

The order prohibits operation of weekly and regular markets, commercial, financial and educational institutions, movement of individuals between 9 pm and 5 am and gathering of five or more persons in public places, movement of persons above 65 years of age with co-morbidities, pregnant women and children below the age of 10 years, etc., stated a release The order further said that wearing of masks and maintaining social distancing in public places and offices are compulsory. The administration allowed the following to remain open from 8 am to 3 pm: grocery retail stores, vegetables, meat, fruits, milk outlets, animal feeds and agriculture machinery outlets, wholesalers, hardware stores and electrical shops, functioning of shops selling, repairing and serving of mobile phones, computers, accessories as well as mobile phone recharging centers, stationery shops, motor repairing workshops, dry cleaning, travel agencies, barber shops, restaurants and liquor shops.

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