A day after the Telangana High Court asked the state government to take a decision on weekend lockdowns or night curfew, the KCR government today announced night curfew in the state between 9 pm to 5 am next morning from today to May 1. The state has exempted all the essential services in this order.
There will be no restriction on the interstate and intrastate movement of essential and no essential goods. People whoever violates these fresh orders will be booked under Sections 51 to 60 of Disaster Management Act 2005 and Section 188 of IPC as well as other applicable laws.
Meanwhile, India’s total tally of coronavirus cases crossed the 1.50 crore mark, with around 25 lakh cases being reported in just 15 days. The active cases surpassed the 19-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.
