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Night Curfew, Covid Restrictions Begin in Tripura Today, Continue till 20th January
TIWN Jan 10, 2022
Night Curfew, Covid Restrictions Begin in Tripura Today, Continue till 20th January
PHOTO : Fines imposed for not wearing masks. TIWN Pic Jan 9, 2022

AGARTALA, Jan 10 (TIWN): With the increasing number of Covid cases across the State, the state government on Sunday has announced Night Curfew from 9 PM to 5 AM throughout the whole State. The State government also imposed several restrictions to be followed from 10th January. Addressing press meet, Minister Sushanta Chowhdury alone with Health dept officials announced that.

The restrictions are: 

1. Meeting/gathering at any closed spaces (upto a maximum of 1/3 rdof capacity only)will be allowed by maintaining aggressive COVID appropriate behaviour to contain spread of COVID-19 virus. Seating arrangement should be made maintaining social distance norm of 2 yard distance. Video recording shall be done for any such 

events to ensure that restrictions were maintained. 

2. No public meeting in open spaces are allowed. 

3. Movie halls/multiplexes, sports complexes & stadia, Entertainment parks, Bars  etc.may be opened with 50% capacity only. 

4. Gymnasium & Swimming pool may be allowed (upto a maximum of 1/3rd of capacity)

5. 5. All standalone shops and commercial establishments including shopping complexes/Malls, Beauty parlours, Barber shops may remain open only from 6 AM to 8:30 PM. Medicine shops, however, shall remain open at all times. Shop owners will ensure social distancing and wearing of masks among the customers. Bazaar committees should deploy volunteers to ensure social distancing. 

6. Restaurants/dhabas will operate only upto8:30PM with only 50% of their total capacity. Restaurant in hotels will operate upto8:30PM for outside guests with 50% of their total capacity but In-house guests will avail services at all times. Number of persons allowed inside the Restaurant/dhabas will be not more than one person per 36 sq. ft. of indoor area including shop owners and their service personnel. Maximum. No. of persons permissible for entry as per these norms shall be prominently displayed by the Restaurant/dhabas at the entry gate. 

7. No Fair and Exhibition should be organized. Super spreading events such as SarasMela, etc. should be cancelled/deferred. 

8. TirthamukhMela may be organized by strictly adhering to Covid Appropriate Behavior (CAB) and avoiding large congregation of people at the venue. However, no government vehicle to be provided by the department/administration for bringing people to the Mela venue. 

9. Meeting, as far as possible, shall be conducted on video-conferencing and personal meetings with visitors, unless absolutely necessary in public interest, are to be avoided. Physical meeting, if necessary, is to be held with limited participants only by maintaining aggressive covid appropriate behaviour. 

10. All Officers/Staff have to ensure strict compliance with Covid Appropriate Behaviour viz. frequent washing of hands/sanitization, wearing a mask/face cover, observing social distancing at all times. 

11. Proper cleaning and frequent sanitization of workplace, particularly of the frequently touched surfaces may be ensured. HoDs may also ensure non-crowding in corridors, 

canteens etc. 

12. No offline training programme should be conducted. Training programme in online mode may continue. However, this will not be applicable in respect of training programme related to emergency & essential services.Further, ongoing Skill development training programme may continue by maintaining aggressive Covid appropriate behaviour. 

13. People should avoid unnecessary movement outside home or workplace. In case of  need, movement may take place by following aggressive COVID appropriate behaviour. All persons other than family members (not as a member of a family) shall maintain strictly 6 feet (2 Yards X 2 Yards) distance from each other on roads and other public places at all times. Only family members are exempted (they can walk on road and other places together). 

14. Marriage functions will be allowed with presence of maximum 100 (One hundred) following aggressive Covid appropriate behaviour.

15. Funeral/ last rites shall not contain more than 20 (Twenty) persons.

16. All religious places may remain open for public maintaining aggressive COVID appropriate behaviour. 

17. Wearing of face cover is compulsory in public places, in all work places and during transport. 

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