English
क्षमा करें, यह समाचार आपके अनुरोध की भाषा में उपलब्ध नहीं है। कृपया यहाँ देखें।
Chandigarh. 29th December 2020: The Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh, Sh. Mandeep Singh Brar, IAS, alongwith Sh. Kuldip Singh Chahal, SSP, U.T. Chandigarh today held a meeting with the representatives of Hotels, Restaurants, Pubs and Night clubs of Chandigarh operating their establishments in the city in order to emphasize compliance with the Covid-19 related guidelines like wearing masks and maintaining social distance in the Hotels & Restaurants in the wake of fast approaching new year eve.
The Deputy Commissioner asked the Hotel and Restaurant owners to scrupulously adhere to the guidelines issued by the Union Government and operate with half their capacity and keep the gathering limited to 200 whichever is less, respectively.
The DC further added that any violation of these guidelines would attract severe action from the UT Administration. The representatives of the Hotels, Restaurants,Pubs and Clubs present in the meeting assured about the adherence of Covid protocols and MHA guidelines in the establishments. In the meeting, ADC, SDMs, Collector- Excise and DPR were also present.
Lot of uncertainty is prevailing regarding the additional restrictions including night curfew etc. to be imposed on the New Year’s Eve. Hon’ble Governor of Punjab-cum-Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh took a review meeting in this regard with Principal Secretary Health, Director General of Police and Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh. Considering that the number of active cases and positive cases being detected everyday are coming down and no case of new strain found in UK has been detected in Chandigarh, it was decided that there is no need of any additional restrictions or night curfew for the new year’s eve. However, the Administrator directed Director General of Police to ensure that the existing covid appropriate behaviour and the restrictions on number of persons and opening & closing of hotels, restaurants etc. should be strictly enforced. However as a precautionary measure, Hon’ble Administrator appealed to the residents not to crowd public places and positively return to the comforts of their homes by 1:00 AM on new year’s eve.
