{"id":321425,"date":"2020-03-23T16:06:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T16:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=321425"},"modified":"2020-03-23T16:06:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T16:06:46","slug":"after-punjab-chandigarh-and-maharashtra-impose-curfew-to-curb-coronavirus-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/after-punjab-chandigarh-and-maharashtra-impose-curfew-to-curb-coronavirus-spread\/","title":{"rendered":"After Punjab, Chandigarh and Maharashtra impose curfew to curb coronavirus spread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-321427 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/curfew-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/curfew-5.jpg 430w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/curfew-5-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/03\/curfew-5-405x420.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/>Hours after Punjab government imposed a curfew in entire state, the Union Territory of Chandigarh and state of Maharashtra were placed under curfew in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Punjab Governor and Union Territory Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore decided to impose curfew in the city with effect from Monday midnight till further orders, the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">With the imposition of the curfew, all residents will be required to stay indoors, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said that a curfew will be imposed in the state with immediate effect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Moreover, the Maharashtra government ordered the sealing of all district borders across the state to stop the movement of people and goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Thackeray said the curfew is being imposed in the entire state from Monday midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cMovement of essential and perishable commodities will continue from one district to another. No other movement will be allowed,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also urged citizens to stay at home for their own safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The total number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 434, according to Health Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Ministry of Civil Aviation today announced that no domestic commercial airlines will fly from Tuesday midnight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The government on Sunday also announced the cancellation of all passenger trains till March 31.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hours after Punjab government imposed a curfew in entire state, the Union Territory of Chandigarh and state of Maharashtra were placed under curfew in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus. Punjab Governor and Union Territory Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore decided to impose curfew in the city with effect from Monday midnight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":321427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2926,2100,2009,2014,2026],"tags":[1316,12470,1467],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321429,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321425\/revisions\/321429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/321427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}