Ghaziabad imposes night curfew from tonight; know the rules

  • | Thursday | 8th April, 2021

The night curfew will be 7 hours long, from 10 pm to 5 am. The order comes into effect from tonight. 

Ghaziabad has decided to impose a 7-hour night curfew across the district. The district administration Ajay Shankar Pandey said, "The night curfew will be from 10 pm to 5 am. The order comes into effect from tonight."

A night curfew has also been imposed in the Noida district from today till April 17. The Noida administration announced earlier in the day that all movement of essential goods and commodities and essential/medical services shall be exempted. The order stated that "all government, private educational institutes(except medical, paramedical and nursing) including coaching institutes shall be barred from holding physical classes till 17 April 2021. However, all exams including practicals shall be held as per the schedule and are exempted from this order."

"There shall be intensive enforcement of masks and other covid protocols in public places including work places, by police, incident commanders and by concerned departments," it further stated. In Noida, the night curfew timing will also be from 10 pm to 5 am.

Night curfew in several districts in Uttar Pradesh

Apart from Noida and Ghaziabad, a night curfew has been imposed in other districts in Uttar Pradesh in order to tackle the pandemic. These areas include Prayagraj, Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi.

In Prayagraj, the night curfew has been imposed from 10 pm to 8 am until further orders, in Lucknow, its April 16 from 9 pm to 6 am, while in Kanpur, the night curfew is 10 pm to 6 am and will remain in place till April 30.

However, essential services will be exempted from the curfew, the District Magistrate has informed.


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