Summary:
Aurangabad: Beginning Thursday midnight, Beed district will see stricter restrictions on business and services for a period of 10 days.
Exemptions will be granted for a few hours to certain services like the public distribution system stores and other essential services.
The announcement was met with opposition from people, some of whom gathered outside the district collector’s office here in the afternoon and raised slogans.
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Aurangabad: Beginning Thursday midnight, Beed district will see stricter restrictions on business and services for a period of 10 days.
Exemptions will be granted for a few hours to certain services like the public distribution system stores and other essential services.
The announcement was met with opposition from people, some of whom gathered outside the district collector’s office here in the afternoon and raised slogans.
After Nanded, Beed has become the second district in the Marathwada region to introduce such restrictions.
Addressing a news conference on Wednesday morning, Beed district collector Ravindra Jagtap said the stricter restrictions would be implemented from March 26 to April 4.
During this period, hotels, lodges, permit rooms, restaurants, marriage halls, gardens, lawns, schools, colleges and educational institutes, all private offices, religious places, hair salons, beauty parlours, gyms and swimming pools will remain completely closed.
In addition to this, there will be restriction on the movement of private and state-run public transport as well as on people using two-, three- and four-wheelers, unless they have concrete reasons or conditions.
Essential services including wholesale grocery stores will be allowed to operate from 7am to 9am.
Sale and supply of milk and vegetables will be allowed till 10am.