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Weekend lockdown, night curfew in Maharashtra to curb COVID-19 spread ANI | Updated: Apr 05, 2021 12:37 IST Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Nawab Malik on Monday said the state will enter strict weekend lockdown from Monday, 8 pm to Monday, 7 am, while essential services and transportation will be allowed. "In view of the increasing COVID cases in the state, Maharashtra cabinet has made some strict rules and they will be enforced from 8 pm tomorrow. The night curfew will be in force from 8 pm to 7 am. During day t...

Seeing a surge in the cases of coronavirus, the government has announced fresh curbs in order to control the further spread of the virus.

Government offices will function at 50 per cent of their capacity and the rest of the employees will work from home, except the staffers of the essential services related to the pandemic management (who will have to report to work), the minister said.

Night curfew will continue and prohibitory orders issued under section 144 will be in force during the daytime

In view of the worsening situation, Maharashtra government today imposed a fresh set of restrictions including a weekend lockdown to curb the surge in Covid cases. The restrictions were announced after chief minister Uddhav Thackeray held a Cabinet meeting. The chief minister had warned that if the grim situation prevailed, lockdown would have to be imposed during his address on Friday. The weekend lockdown in the state will come into effect on Friday at 8 pm and last until 7 am on Monday. The night curfew will be in effect from 8 pm to 7 am. Essential services are exempted from the purview o...