Go

Follow Us

Chandigarh announces weekend lockdown

The lockdown will be from 10 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday; essential services will be allowed

Photo for representation only. Tribune file

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 16

As the Covid cases increase, the Chandigarh administration on Friday announced weekend lockdown.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore.

The lockdown will be from 10 pm on Friday to 5 am on Monday.

Also read: Weekend lockdown in Chandigarh: Only essential activities allowed, gyms and spas to be closed

Essential services will be allowed and restaurants can do home-delivery.

Weddings will be allowed with only limited number of guests. The deputy commissioner will issue passes in such cases.

Adviser Manoj Parida said the NDA and other exams would not be affected as students could travel carrying their admit cards.

He said the Covid vaccination programme would continue despite the lockdown.

Earlier, Delhi had announced the weekend curfew.

Join Whatsapp Channel of The Tribune for latest updates.

Show comments

Show comments

Trending News

Also In This Section

Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana High Court gets 15 acres for horizontal expansion

CBI books three Chandigarh cops, former SP in two cases

Chandigarh Congress in charge Rajeev Shukla meets former MP Pawan Kumar Bansal

Chandigarh polling booths to have unique features

Police arrest 3 cyber cons from Faridabad

Top News

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 60 per cent turnout in biggest phase, stray incidents of violence in Bengal

Chhattisgarh: CRPF jawan on poll duty killed in accidental explosion of grenade launcher shell

Lok Sabha elections: 0% voting in 6 Nagaland districts over separate territory demand

Lok Sabha elections 2024: What do voting percentage and other trends signify

India delivers 1st batch of BrahMos missiles to Philippines amid China’s military muscle-flexing in South China Sea

Don’t Miss

View All

Peony flower trials in Palampur cheer farm scientists

Amritsar: ‘Jallianwala Bagh toll 57 more than recorded’

GNDU team updates 1919 massacre toll to 434 after two-year study

Meet Gopi Thotakura, a pilot set to become 1st Indian to venture into space as tourist

Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the mission, the flight date of which is yet to be announced

Sikhs celebrate 'Khalsa Sajna Divas' on New York Assembly premises

Diljit Dosanjh’s alleged wife slams social media for misuse of her identity amid speculations

He is yet to respond to the recent claims about his wife

In photos, Sikh man in Pakistan who was forced to leave Peshawar because of security reasons serves Iftar langar in Lahore

Sikhs form a 6.2 per cent of the total population in Pakistan

Apple warns of Pegasus-like attack on politicians, scribes triggered by missed call on WhatsApp

India cricketer Hardik Pandya duped of Rs 4.3 crore, stepbrother Vaibhav in police net for forgery

According to reports, Vaibhav is accused of diverting money from a partnership firm, leading to financial loss for Hardik and Krunal Pandya

View all stories in this section

Most Read In 24 Hours

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10