Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 24
In view of recent surge in Covid cases, especially in six NCR districts such as Gurugram, Rewari, Faridabad, Rohtak, Sonepat and Hisar, the state government has decided to limit the number of persons allowed at social gatherings such as weddings, and political or religious functions. A maximum of 50 persons will be allowed at events held indoor and 100 for those held outdoors.
In the remaining districts of the state, the gathering has been limited to 100 persons for indoor functions and 200 for events held outdoors. These orders will come into force on November 26.
CM Manohar Lal Khattar gave this information during a video-conference of CMs of eight states on the Covid situation on Tuesday.
PM cuts short CM
While Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was giving statistics during the video-conferencing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Covid situation and preparedness, he was cut short by the latter. Even as Khattar was speaking, the Prime Minister interrupted him and asked him to speak on the state's plan to tackle the surge instead of dwelling on numbers which were already available.
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