Total lockdown in Karnataka from May 10 to 24

Onmanorama Staff

Published: May 07, 2021 08:26 PM IST Updated: May 07, 2021 09:00 PM IST

Karnataka cancels special trains for migrant workers after CM meets with builders' body — Stranded people including migrant workers arrive to board a bus to their native places after authorities eased restrictions, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Bengaluru, Tuesday. Photo: PTI

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday announced lockdown like restrictions with more stringent curbs from May 10 to May 24 in view of alarming rise in COVID cases.

There was already a curfew in place in the state from April 27, which was to end on May 12.

"The second wave of COVID-19 is creating havoc across the state as the Corona curfew imposed in the state has not yielded the expected result in reducing the infection and death rate," the chief minister said.

"Therefore, the government has decided to impose a stringent measure to check the spread of the disease and death. Restrictions will be imposed in the entire state from 6 am of May 10 to 6 am of May 24," he said.

All shops and commercial establishments, hotels, pubs and bars will remain closed during this period, Yediyurappa said.

Essential goods and services like food, medicine, milk, fruits and vegetables, etc will be available from 6 am to 10 am, he added.

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