Captain Amarinder Singh announces weekend lockdown in Punjab

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced that the night curfew hours will be extended by two more hours. The Government has extended the night curfew hours from 6 pm to 5 am. Punjab will also have full lockdowns on Saturday and Sunday. These decisions were taken following a cabinet meeting to review the situation in the state on Monday.

Chandigarh:Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has announced a weekend lockdown in the state from this week. The weekend lockdown will start from Friday at 6 pm and will continue till Monday, 5 am. The government has also extended the night curfew by two more hours. The revised night curfew hours are from 6 pm to 5 am. These decisions were taken following a cabinet meeting to review the situation in the state on Monday.

Singh has also tweeted that situation of oxygen supply in the state is also very critical. He requests the Union home minister and the Union Health Minister to urgently enhance the daily oxygen quota in Punjab.

Meanwhile, Lt Gen RP Singh, AVSM, VSM, GOC-in-C, Western Command, at a virtual meeting of the Chief Minister with senior Command officials, also offered to provide staff to run the 100-bed Covid facility proposed to be set up in the building loaned to the state government by CSIR for the purpose.

The Western Command has also offered support in reviving the state's old oxygen plants that are now lying defunct.

The Chief Minister later said at another review meeting with top officials of the state government and medical experts that the government was also approaching the Union Home Ministry to provide manpower and ICU beds through the Border Security Force (BSF).