Dine-in services in Delhi restaurants to be discontinued, take-away allowed

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) decided not to impose a lockdown to contain the spread of the Covid-19 surge on Monday and further discussed restrictions on dine-in facilities at restaurants and scaling down seating capacity in Metros and buses.

The DDMA decided to close restaurants and bars, allowing only 'take away' facility during today's meeting. Alongside, it was also decided to allow operation of only one weekly market per day per zone, as per Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal.

Earlier, the eateries and bars in the capital were allowed to run with 50 per cent capacity to curb the spread of coronavirus.


The DDMA meeting, chaired by Baijal and attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, also discussed ways to strictly enforce existing restrictions to check rising cases of the coronavirus and the new Omicron variant.

It was discussed in the DDMA meeting that restrictions imposed in Delhi should also be imposed in National Capital Territory Region.

The DDMA will meet again after 8 days to take stock of the coronavirus situation in the national capital.

Currently, city buses and metros are permitted to operate with 100% seating capacity.

Kejriwal had on Sunday said the rapid speed at which the coronavirus was spreading in Delhi had been a matter of "deep concern", yet added there was no plan to impose lockdown.

There would be no lockdown if people wear masks, he had stated.

The DDMA in its previous meeting, held on Tuesday, had decided to impose a weekend curfew in Delhi to avoid people crowding the markets and public places.

The night curfew has been imposed from 10 pm (earlier 11 pm) to 5 am in the national capital.

Delhi had logged 22,751 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours, the state health department informed on Sunday.

(With inputs from agencies)