Shimla, May 31 (IANS) The curfew has been extended in Himachal Pradesh till June 30 to contain the coronavirus pandemic with certain relaxations in movement of public transport buses and operation of hotels.
After reviewing the situation at a high-level meeting here, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced curfew relaxation from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.
Also, the state allowed intra-state movement of roadways and private transport buses for the first time during the curfew relaxation timings from Monday onwards.
Presiding over a meeting through video conferencing with all Deputy Commissioners, Superintendents of Police and Chief Medical Officers, the Chief Minister said social distancing must be ensured in the buses and at the bus stands.
The buses would be allowed to ply with not more than 60 per cent occupancy.
The Chief Minister said inter-district movement would be allowed without any pass, but passes would be required for inter-state movement.
He said the people coming from other parts of the country would be quarantined. He said the people coming from the red zones would be kept in institutional quarantine and those from other areas would be kept in home quarantine.
Over 1.60 lakh Himachalis stranded in various parts of the country have reached the state from April 25 till now.
The state on Sunday reported 11 more cases of coronavirus, taking the state’s tally to 324.
Solan and Kangra reported the new cases.
–IANS
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