Telangana government on Wednesday decided to open all shops except the malls in Hyderabad from Thursday. According to the order issued by Telangana Chief Minister's Office, people were crowding shops since the permission was given to open shops on an alternate basis, hence it has been decided to allow all shops to open.
In addition to that, the government has also lifted the night ban on plying State Road Transport Corporation buses. However, in Hyderabad, buses will be allowed to run for some more days.
The decisions were taken after Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao held separate meetings with ministers and officials on the COVID-19 situation in the state and the implementation of lockdown. In the meeting, he took several decisions.
Earlier, the Telangana government had extended the lockdown till May 31.
