Owing to the coronavirus situation in the state, the Gujarat government on Tuesday extended the night curfew till September 25. Issuing a fresh order the state government said that the night curfew will continue from 11 PM to 6 AM in 8 major cities from September 15 till September 25.
According to an official notification, the night curfew will remain imposed in eight cities of the state for another 10 days. The ongoing curfew was scheduled to end by September 15.
The night curfew will come into effect from 11 pm every night and remain in place September 25 till 6 am.
The eight cities where the new guidelines will be implemented are Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Gandhinagar.
Last month, the state government had announced relaxations in night curfew time during Krishna Janmashtami and Ganesh Utsav.
The night curfew came into effect from 1 am on 30 August to facilitate the celebration of Janmashtami.
For the Ganesh festival, curfew was from 12 midnight during September 9 to 19 in the cities of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar and Junagadh.