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Maharashtra: Lockdown-like restrictions extended in Akola & Amravati | Nagpur News – Times of India

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NAGPUR: Looking at the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in Vidarbha, the lockdown-like restrictions in Akola and Amravati have been extended up to March 8.
Earlier, these restrictions were till the morning of March 1. District collectors of these districts have ordered extension up to 6am on March 8. Buldhana, the third district, where similar kind of restrictions are in place, has not declared any extension after March 1.
Amravati’s district collector Shailesh Naval extended the lockdown by yet another week and brought Anjangaon Surji town too under its cover. Citizens will be allowed to buy essentials between 8am and 3pm only. Weekly bazaars would remain shut along with schools, colleges, tuition classes, gyms, swimming pools, cinema halls and multiplexes. Hotels and restaurants would be allowed parcel service only while vegetable markets would be open for retailers between 2am and 6am.
A similar kind of lockdown has been imposed in Akola city, Akot city and Murtizapur city in Akola district. However, all other parts of both Amravati and Akola districts will follow only Covid-19 restrictions and not stricter lockdown-like measures. All government and semi government exams would be allowed to be conducted.
Nagpur, Yavatmal, Wardha, Washim, Buldhana have imposed weekend shutdown of all non-essential activities. Saturday was the first day of this shutdown. It received a good response in all the districts. The same system will continue every weekend until further orders.
In Nagpur division, stricter measures are in place in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur while Bhandara and Gondia are also on alert. In Gadchiroli, the district administration has constituted 75 special teams to visit marriage venues and penalize violators where the limit of 50 has been crossed.
In Chandrapur, district collector ordered mandatory closure of barber shops, beauty parlours and spas on Mondays in the wake of rising Covid cases in surrounding districts.



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