bhopalUpdated: Nov 20, 2020, 23:27 ISTMadhya Pradesh chief minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday has announced night curfew in five districts, including Indore and Bhopal, due to rising numbers of Covid-19 cases. “Night curfew to be imposed between 10 pm to 6 am, starting from November 21 in Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Vidisha, and Ratlam districts,” said Shivraj Singh Chouhan, while talking to ANI.However, people engaged in essential services and factory workers have been exempted from the night curfew. On the decision of containment zones, chief minister said that they have left the decision to Crisis Management Group. Earlier today, chief minister Chouhan rejected reports that the state government was mulling to impose lockdown again in the view of the Covid-19 pandemic. Madhya Pradesh has so far reported a total of 1,88,018 cases of which 1,75,089 have recovered.

Source: Hindustan Times November 20, 2020 17:58 UTC