Assam government announces night curfew

Following alert on Omicron variant of Coronavirus, Assam government has announced night curfew.

The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has issued a revised and consolidated directive on Saturday for both rural and urban areas which will remain in force starting December 26 until further orders.

The night curfew will be from 11.30 pm to 6 am across the state. However, this curfew will not be applicable on December 31, 2021.


All the workplaces, business/commercial establishments, Dine-in Restaurants, hotels, Dhabas and other eateries, takeaway of food items from restaurants/dhabas and other eateries, opening of sale counters, showrooms etc. of cold storages and warehouses, shops dealing with groceries, fruits and vegetables, dairy and milk booths, will remain open till 10.30 pm.

Regarding open spaces for meeting/gathering, the jurisdictional DDMAs shall fix the limit of gatherings depending on COVID situation in their respective districts. Regarding closed venues, the gathering is allowed up to 50% of the seating capacity of the hall, auditorium etc. Religious places are allowed to operate with 60 fully vaccinated persons per hour for iconic places and 40 fully vaccinated persons per hour for other religious places.

Cinema halls continue to operate with 50% of seating capacity of fully vaccinated viewers and observance of COVID-19 appropriate behavior. For Omicron specific regulation, all District Magistrates, Superintendent of Police, and all other authorities concerned shall be responsible for ensuring COVID Appropriate Behavior in all public places for containment of COVID-19 virus.

They will deploy a sufficient number of teams for keeping utmost vigil at public places and for enforcing COVID Appropriate Behavior so as to avoid any possibility of surge in COVID-19 cases.