Beed announces fresh curbs for 10 days, Parbhani for 7 days

  • | Thursday | 25th March, 2021

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.

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. Vegetables can be sold on carts from 7am to noon.

Exemption has also been granted to private offices and individuals for filling challans or visiting banks to complete their end of fiscal year transactions. Similar exemption has been given to lawyers, traders of seeds and agricultural-related services, media, fuel stations and LPG services. Jagtap said, “The increase or drop in Covid-19 cases is purely based on every individual’s behaviour in public or at public places. Fresh restrictions are aimed at breaking the chain increase in numbers.”

He said cane cutters returning home from other districts will have to get themselves tested before entering Beed. Students appearing for examinations will have to carry identity proof. Exemptions are also in order for educational institutions hosting students for their exams. In Parbhani, the district administration has placed further restrictions in the form of a curfew from 7pm on Wednesday till 6am on April 1. Essential services have been exempted from the restrictions.


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