<p>Barring shops selling essential services, Mangaluru wore a deserted look amid the weekend curfew imposed in the Dakshina Kannada district.</p>.<p>The shops are allowed to stay open till 2 pm. Only a few of the city service buses were on the road. Buses continued to ply between Mangaluru and Udupi.</p>.<p>Streetside vendors were carrying out their business normally.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/new-covid-19-guidelines-in-karnataka-all-you-need-to-know-1016971.html" target="_blank">New Covid-19 guidelines in Karnataka: All you need to know</a></strong></p>.<p>City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that 18 check posts including inter-state border check posts have been set up in Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate jurisdiction to enforce the weekend curfew.</p>.<p>Action will be initiated against those who loiter without any valid reasons under Epidemic Diseases Act and NDMA Act, he said.</p>.<p>Banks, post offices and other government offices were also open.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/no-entry-of-devotees-to-kukke-kateel-dharmasthala-temples-during-weekend-1016192.html" target="_blank">No entry of devotees to Kukke, Kateel, Dharmasthala temples during weekend</a></strong></p>.<p>The Kukke Subrahmanya, Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala and Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temples, however, remained closed for the devotees. A majority of the hotels, too, were closed as only takeaway food is allowed during the weekend curfew.</p>.<p>The police were seen strictly checking all vehicles at entry points to the city on Friday night itself with the imposing of night curfew.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a large number of people had arrived at Wenlock Hospital in the city to get a jab.</p>
<p>Barring shops selling essential services, Mangaluru wore a deserted look amid the weekend curfew imposed in the Dakshina Kannada district.</p>.<p>The shops are allowed to stay open till 2 pm. Only a few of the city service buses were on the road. Buses continued to ply between Mangaluru and Udupi.</p>.<p>Streetside vendors were carrying out their business normally.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/new-covid-19-guidelines-in-karnataka-all-you-need-to-know-1016971.html" target="_blank">New Covid-19 guidelines in Karnataka: All you need to know</a></strong></p>.<p>City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that 18 check posts including inter-state border check posts have been set up in Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate jurisdiction to enforce the weekend curfew.</p>.<p>Action will be initiated against those who loiter without any valid reasons under Epidemic Diseases Act and NDMA Act, he said.</p>.<p>Banks, post offices and other government offices were also open.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/no-entry-of-devotees-to-kukke-kateel-dharmasthala-temples-during-weekend-1016192.html" target="_blank">No entry of devotees to Kukke, Kateel, Dharmasthala temples during weekend</a></strong></p>.<p>The Kukke Subrahmanya, Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala and Kateel Durgaparameshwari Temples, however, remained closed for the devotees. A majority of the hotels, too, were closed as only takeaway food is allowed during the weekend curfew.</p>.<p>The police were seen strictly checking all vehicles at entry points to the city on Friday night itself with the imposing of night curfew.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a large number of people had arrived at Wenlock Hospital in the city to get a jab.</p>