Lockdown 3: MHA extends lockdown for two more weeks

DN Bureau

Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order on Friday under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to further extend the Lockdown for a further period of two weeks beyond May 4.

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New Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order on Friday under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to further extend the Lockdown for a further period of two weeks beyond May 4. 

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The current lockdown period is scheduled to end on May 3."After a comprehensive review and in view of the lockdown measures having led to significant gains, the COVID-19 situation in the country, Ministry of Home Affairs issued an order under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, today, to further extend the lockdown for a further period of two weeks beyond May 4, 2020," read the order of the Home Ministry.

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In red zones and outside containment zones, certain activities including plying of cycle rickshaws and auto-rickshaws, taxis and cab aggregators, intra-district and inter-district plying of buses and barber shops, spas and salons will be prohibited in addition to those prohibited throughout India.

A limited number of activities will remain prohibited across the country, irrespective of the zone, including travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road, running of schools, colleges, and other educational and training/coaching institutions, the order said.This came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with chief ministers of several states last month where some of them suggested extension of lockdown. (ANI)










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