COVID-19: Curfew In Part Of Surat From Midnight As "People Still Roaming Outside", Says Official

Gujarat government: Officials have decided to put Surat's Jugleshwar area under curfew (Representational)

The Gujarat government has decided to impose a curfew in Jugleshwar area of Rajkot city from midnight tonight to contain the spread of coronavirus, officials said.

Of the total 28 coronavirus positive cases reported in Rajkot so far, majority of them are from this area, they said.

Though the lockdown is in place, authorities realised that it is not proving effective to stop people's movement in that area, the officials said.

"Since people are still roaming outside in that area despite the lockdown, we have decided to impose a curfew from midnight in Jungleshwar area of Rajkot," Secretary of the Gujarat Chief Minister''s Office (CMO), Ashwani Kumar, said.

As of now, no specific date for the termination of curfew has been announced.

Jungleshwar is spread over an area of 2.5 square kms and it is home to 50,000 people, Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha said.

A week-long curfew in five areas of Surat was imposed from Thursday midnight for the same reasons.

On April 15, a curfew till April 21 was imposed in the entire walled city as well as Danilimda area of Ahmedabad city to contain the virus.

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