Shopping malls will re-open in Gurugram and Faridabad districts from July 1 following the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) issued by the central government, Haryana Government said on Sunday.
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai called an emergency meeting following the locust attack in Gurugram and asked the south and west districts’ administrations to remain on high alert.
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As locusts swarms hit Haryana and outskirts of Delhi, the state government on Saturday issued an advisory to prepare for a possible locust attack. The government has sent the advisory to all district magistrates (DM).
Swarms of locust entered Gurugram on June 27.
The skies over many parts of Gurugram turned dark on Saturday as swarms of locusts descended on the town, but the migratory pests are likely to spare the national capital for now, officials said.
A video has surfaced from Gurugram which shows locust swarms crowd the streets of Palam Vihar, Sector 5 in Gurugram. Such visuals have been seen from several parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Shopping malls in Gurugram are set to re-open next week, municipal corporation commissioner said today. "Malls will re-open from next week following the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) issued by the Central government. Malls are shops that will not follow the SOPs will be shut down. No orders received to open religious places," he said.
The malls in Gurugram will reopen from next week, and those establishments which will not follow the Standard Operating Procedure will be shut down, said, Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Gurugram, Vinay Pratap Singh.
After a weekly review meeting, the Gurugram administration has added 9 more containment zones due to COVID-19 in Gurugram district on Monday.
Six more people died due to coronavirus in Gurugram on Monday, the third consecutive day when six persons have lost their lives to the deadly disease. With this, a total of 37 people have lost their lives in Gurugram, 33 of whom died in the last 12 days.
In a bid to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, the administration in Gurugram has decided to build temporary quarantine centres in the residential societies and upscale condominiums.
Royal Enfield, the maker of some India's most popular bikes, has decided to shut its regional offices in several cities including Gurugram, Chennai, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bhubneshwar. This initiative has been taken by Royal Enfield keeping in mind the heavy cost that automakers have had to bear because of the total industry shut down amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In the wake of COVID-19 cases rising rapidly in Delhi NCR, including in Faridabad and Gurgaon, a video has surfaced on internet claiming that several students of a DPS Gurugram school have tested positive after venturing out with their families when the lockdown was lifted.
Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra has invested USD 1 million (about Rs 7.5 crore) in Gurugram-based Hapramp -- a startup working on technologies like blockchain and social media.
Gurugram saw its worst day in terms of COVID-19 casualties on Monday as five people died due to the deadly virus.
Gurugram coronavirus containment zones have risen to 66 as record 230 cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on June 08 said the shopping malls in the state will reopen from June 08
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday said all places of worship can reopen from June 8 in the state, but no religious gathering will be allowed and social distancing norms must be followed.
Supreme Court has asked Union of India (UoI) to convene a meeting of representatives-officials from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana and to try and evolve a common policy for the movement of commuters between the three states in Delhi-NCR region. More to follow.
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