Cinema theatres in Telangana to shut down voluntarily
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Hyderabad, April 20 : Cinema theatres in Telangana on Tuesday decided to voluntarily close down from Wednesday in view of the continuing surge in Covid-19 cases in the state.
Telangana Theatre Owners Association took the decision at a meeting held hours after the state government decided to impose night curfew from Tuesday till April 30.
Though the state government issued an order asking cinema theatres to close down at 8 p.m. in view of the night curfew, the association took the decision to shut down the theatres. The association said the decision was taken for the safety of audiences and to help prevent spread of Covid-19.
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Theatre owners across Tiruchi prepared their halls for 50% occupancy as per instructions of the state government. The move comes at a time when audiences were just starting to return to theatres, they rued.
Fresh restrictions cause concern among owners as their source of revenue was heavily hit last year. Business picked up around Pongal when
Master was released but recorded a dip since March. Theatres sported markings on alternate seats in the halls after a few months of relaxations. ‘We did not think we would have to do this again,’ a manager of a theatre near Chathram Bus Stand said.
Home Ministry Seeks Roll Back of TN Order Allowing Full Occupancy in Movie Theatres
State government are not permitted to dilute the Centre s COVID-19 guidelines, said home secretary Ajay Bhalla.
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New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the Tamil Nadu government to roll back its decision to allow full occupancy in movie theatres, saying that state governments are not allowed to dilute the ministry’s COVID-19 guidelines.
In a communication sent to Tamil Nadu chief secretary K. Shanmugam, Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla said the January 4 order permitting full occupancy in theatres “amounts to a dilution” of the MHA’s December 28, 2020, order.
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Move amounts to a dilution of the Ministry of Home Affairs order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla tells Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam. Disapproving of the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to allow cinemas to function with full seat occupancy, the Union Home Ministry has asked the State not to dilute the Centre’s COVID-19 guidelines in this regard.
In a communication to Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla referred to the January 4 Government Order permitting full seat occupancy and said, “This amounts to a dilution of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order dated December 28, 2020, issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.”