Gujarat has announced relaxation of evening curfew for its eight metropolitan cities on August 30 and September 9 to 19 for Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi. Night curfew is clamped among 11 pm and 6 am Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, and Junagadh.
The state government mentioned, in accordance with the Covid-19 recommendations, it would enable a maximum of 200 people today inside temples in the course of the celebrations.
The government statement mentioned the selection was taken in the course of a core committee meeting led by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani to make sure that people today can celebrate the festivals.
Night curfew will be clamped from 1 am on Janmashtami, which marks the birth of Lord Krishna, on August 30. The government mentioned the devotees who enter the temple premises for darshan must keep a two-feet distance. The state will also enable a maximum of 200 people today for Shobha Yatra on pre-decided routes across. However, it will not grant permission for the ‘Matki Fod’ festival.
For Ganesha Utsav, the evening curfew deadline in the eight metropolitan cities will be extended to 12 am from September 9. Idols in public areas can be a maximum 4-feet higher, though these in private spaces can be two-feet higher. Devotees need to keep social distancing and make sure a two-feet gap among each and every other though standing and encircling the ‘Gol Kund’, the Gujarat government mentioned
The state government added that the permission extended only to puja and prasad distribution ceremonies at public areas exactly where the Ganesha Utsav festival would be celebrated. It will not enable any other religious or social function in the course of this time. The government has also capped the quantity of people today in a single automobile for Ganesha Sthapana and Visarjan at 15.
Gujarat was amongst the states that bore the brunt of the second Covid-19 wave. As of 9 pm on August 24, the state had 160 active circumstances and 1,097 people today below quarantine.