In view of increasing cases of corona infection in the state, the cabinet has decided to impose night curfew in the capital Dehradun.
Apart from Chakrata and Kalsi area, the cabinet has also approved the closure of all schools from class one to 11th in the entire Dehradun district, Haridwar district, Nainital municipality and Haldwani municipality area till April 30.
Offline studies of class 10 and class 12 will continue as before. The cabinet has also postponed the decision of the previous Trivandra government to make Garsain a commissioner.
The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat took place in the Secretariat on Friday late evening.
It discussed 22 proposals, while two were adjourned. In view of increasing cases of corona infection, the most important decision was taken to impose curfew in Dehradun from 10 am to 5 am.
In Dehradun district, cases of corona infection have increased for the last few days. Dehradun has the highest number of corona infection cases in the state.
Apart from this, cases of corona infection have also increased in Haridwar, Haldwani and Nainital. In view of this, it has been decided to keep schools closed in these places for up to 30 April.
In the wake of Corona infection, Dehradun remains the hottest spot in Uttarakhand. There are more than five thousand active cases of Covid in the whole of Uttarakhand.
Out of this, about two thousand cases are in Dehradun alone. After this, there is Haridwar on the second number. There are one and a half thousand cases in Haridwar, five hundred and fifty active cases in Nainitla.
The maximum number of cases are being found daily in these three districts. To prevent this, it can be decided to impose night curfew. By this evening, the situation can be clarified about this .