Rajasthan Govt Imposes Night Curfew In Jaipur, Ajmer and 8 Other Cities Till April 30 As COVID Cases Soar

Night curfew imposed in 9 cities-Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Abu Road starting from 8pm to 6 am, till April 30. In Udaipur, the night curfew will start from 6 pm to 6 am: Rajasthan Govt

Jaipur: Amid the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state, the Ashok Gehlot led Rajasthan Government on Friday imposed night curfew in 10 cities- Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur and Abu Road till April 30. The night curfew in Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Abu Road will start from 8pm to 6 am whereas in Udaipur, the curfew will start from 6 pm.

On Friday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and flagged the shortage of vaccines. Requesting the Centre for immediate supply of the doses, the Rajasthan chief minister further added that vaccines will run out of stock in the state in the next two days.

In a letter to PM Modi after a virtual meeting with him on Thursday, Gehlot said the state has, till April 7, administered 86,89,770 doses. “The present stock of vaccine in Rajasthan will finish in next two days. Therefore, it is requested that at least another 30 lakh doses of vaccine be provided to us immediately so that the momentum that we have built up can be maintained and maximum eligible beneficiaries can be vaccinated at the earliest,” he wrote.

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Rajasthan surged to 3,50,317 on Thursday as 3,526 more people tested positive for the disease, while the death toll climbed to 2,886 with 20 more fatalities, according to an official report.