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What you need to know about new Covid-19 lockdown in Maharashtra

With new restrictions in pace in the state, citizens have many doubts – about travel and the availability of food deliveries, apart from essential services. This explainer will help clear some doubts about the new lockdown guidelines in place from today

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Two delivery boys chit-chat on the Western Express Highway in Goregaon East while delivering food parcels during the Covid-19 enforced lockdown in Mumbai. Photo: Anurag Ahire

Two delivery boys chit-chat on the Western Express Highway in Goregaon East while delivering food parcels during the Covid-19 enforced lockdown in Mumbai. Photo: Anurag Ahire

Keeping in mind the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on April 4 introduced new lockdown rules. The new restrictions include a night curfew from April 5, between 8 pm and 7 am, and a blanket lockdown over the weekends from 8 pm on Friday to 7 am on Monday. They have been issued under the new campaign called Break the Chain and will be in effect till April 30. 

What are the movement restrictions before 8 pm and after? 
According to the latest guidelines, the government has imposed Section 144 in the entire state from 8 pm on April 5. No more than five persons can move together or gather in a public place between 7 am and 8 pm. After 8 pm, no individual will be allowed to move in a public place without a valid reason, or without permission. 

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