India News | Telangana Extends Lockdown Till June 19 with Relaxations
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. : The Telangana government on Tuesday extended the ongoinglockdownto contain the spread of COVID-19 by another 10 days with relaxations from 6 AM to 6 PM every day.
Hyderabad, June 8 (PTI): The Telangana government on Tuesday extended the ongoinglockdownto contain the spread of COVID-19 by another 10 days with relaxations from 6 AM to 6 PM every day.
The presentlockdownwill end on June 9.
Bordering areas such as Khammam, Nalgonda and Nagarjuna Sagar among others, will continue to have relaxation up to 2 PM only, given the intensity of the number of cases daily, an official release said.
"The state cabinet has decided to extend the lockdown in the Telangana for another ten days.
The cabinet also decided to give relaxation from 6 am to 5 PM during the lock down and give one-hour grace period till 6 PM for people to reach home," it said.
The cabinet instructed the police to enforce the lockdown rulesstrictlyfrom 6 PM till 6 AM next day, it said.
Presently the lockdown is being relaxed everyday from 6 Am to 1 PM and a grace period of one hour, up to 2 PM, for thepeople to reach homes.
As on June 8 , Telangana has over 24,000 active COVID-19 cases.
The Cabinet also decided to immediately issue ration cards to nearly 4.50 lakh eligible people who have already applied for them.
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