In Bengal’s lockdown 4.0 guidelines, no official curfew at night: Mamata

The West Bengal authorities on Monday prolonged lockdown within the state until May 31, however with one key exception. There can be no official night time curfew in West Bengal, however persons are requested to not enterprise out after 7 pm, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated saying Bengal’s lockdown 4.zero pointers.

“There will be no official night curfew in West Bengal, but people are requested not to venture out after 7 pm. Hawkers will be allowed to reopen shops in non-containment zones in Bengal from May 27,” Banerjee stated.

Extending the continuing lockdown until May 31 in West Bengal, the Chief Minister introduced a slew of relaxations and stated her authorities won’t impose night time curfew within the state as proposed by the Centre.

She stated hawkers, salons and parlour homeowners can be allowed to reopen their retailers from May 27.

The West Bengal CM stated that aside from 105 trains, which the state has already requisitioned, the state authorities will request the railways for 120 extra Shramik Special trains within the subsequent few days to convey again migrant labourers stranded in different states.

“We won’t officially declare night curfew because people are already under a lot of stress. We do not want to increase their suffering. But we will request people not to venture out of their homes between 7 pm and 7 am or else police will take action,” she elaborated.

In West Bengal, containment zones can be divided into three categories– affected zones, buffer zones and clear zones, she stated. The zones beneath containment are anticipated to be divided into segments based mostly on excessive and low ranges of an infection.

Lockdown.4.zero in West Bengal will proceed until May 31. But there can be a couple of extra relaxations within the coming days. Hawkers and markets can be allowed to reopen from subsequent week and the inter-district bus service will even start quickly, Banerjee stated.

Standalone retailers in non-containment and inexperienced zones are more likely to stay open in Bengal from 7 am to six pm, a senior authorities official stated.

The Centre on Sunday prolonged the lockdown for 2 extra weeks until May 31, with the fourth part offering extra relaxations exterior the containment zones together with inter-state motion of buses with mutual consent of states that’s anticipated to be of quick reduction for 1000’s of migrant employees on the roads.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Sunday night time stated the contemporary pointers for the fourth part of the nationwide lockdown had been issued after taking the opinion of the state governments following a video convention held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the chief ministers on May 11.