Many cities in India are witnessing the rebound of coronavirus infection. Some cities are choosing to tackle the situation through a blame-game, (refer to Delhi), while some are going ahead to risk a complete lockdown. Ahmedabad is one such city where its administration has decided to impose a ‘complete curfew’ from today, November 20.
The curfew period in Ahmedabad started from 9:00 pm of November 20 and will continue till the morning of November 23 at 6:00 am. The authorities went ahead of this decision to impose a marathon 57-hour curfew after a late-night review of the coronavirus situation in Ahmedabad.
Additional Chief Secretary (Forest and Environment) Rajiv Kumar Gupta announced on Twitter about the curfew in the city. He also mentioned that only shops selling milk and medicines shall be permitted to operate during curfew in Ahmedabad.
Corona situation was reviewed late night and it has been decided that “complete curfew”shall be imposed from tomorrow night 9:00 pm till Monday morning 6:00 am in city of Ahmedabad. During this period, only shops selling milk and medicines shall be permitted to remain open
— Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta (@drrajivguptaias) November 19, 2020
Rajiv Kumar Gupta informed that after the 57-hour curfew ending on Monday morning, there will be a night curfew in Ahmedabad which will remain in force daily between 9 pm and 6 am with effect from Friday, November 20 till further orders.
Eventually, the number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad has been constantly rising since the beginning of November. On Thursday, as many as 230 persons from Ahmedabad were found infected with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours ending at 5 pm, the Gujarat health department said.
