The Telangana government has decided to extend the Covid-19 lockdown in the state for another ten days from 10 June.
Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao chaired a cabinet meeting on Tuesday and decided to increase the daytime relaxation hours from eight to 12 hours.
“It has been decided to give relaxation from 6 am to 5 pm and a one-hour grace period till 6 pm for people to reach home. The police were instructed to enforce a strict lockdown from 6 pm to 6 am,” CMO officials said.
On May 30, the state government had extended the lockdown till June 9, while allowing relaxation from 6 am to 1 pm and one-hour grace time.
In seven Assembly segments - Sattupalli, Madhira, Nalgonda, Nagarjuna Sagar, Munugodu, Devarakonda, Miryalaguda - where the Covid-19 situation is not yet in control, the easing would continue to be for seven hours only, officials said.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases are declining in the state, as per the Health Department bulletins. On Tuesday, officials reported only 1,897 new Covid-19 cases, when 1,33,134 samples were tested. The active cases in Telangana stand at 24,306.
The new Covid-19 positive cases in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation area are 182, down from 307 on June 2.
Published 08 June 2021, 15:30 IST