Union Territory of Chandigarh administration said it has written to Punjab and Haryana seeking their consent for imposing weekend curfew

Chandigarh: The Union Territory of Chandigarh administration said it has written to Punjab and Haryana seeking their consent for imposing weekend curfew in Tri-city of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula following a spike in Covid-19 cases.

UT Chandigarh Adviser Manoj Parida said he has written to the chief secretaries of Punjab and Haryana to agree to the union territory's proposal for imposing curfew during weekends.

Lockdown"...weekend curfew only in Chandigarh will not be effective, unless it is simultaneously imposed in Mohali (Punjab) and Panchkula (Haryana)," said Parida.

In a meeting, chaired by UT Administrator V P Singh Badnore, a view emerged that since there is a lack of adequate compliance of social distancing and use of face masks, there is no option but to go for a total curfew in the weekends in the entire Tri-city, according to a government statement here.

UT Chandigarh has a total of 739 coronavirus cases, with 12 deaths so far.

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The Administrator stressed there should be more strictness in checking of mask wearing and social distancing among people in public places, such as parks, Sukhna lake, markets etc.