Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh will be put under strict lockdown from Friday evening till Monday morning. The state government has decided this after corona cases spiked up in recent past.
The state will be put under blanket lockdown from Friday 6 pm till Monday 5 am. This was announced on Thursday late night. Essential services will be exempted though. However the rest, government and private offices, shops for non-essential items, malls and restaurants, will be shut. Buses and other public transport will be off the roads.
But the government will allow incoming trains and passengers can avail special buses from railway stations.
Factories in rural areas and highway works will be allowed to continue during the lockdown.
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