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Punjab CM announces 4-hour curfew relaxation, extends lockdown for 2 weeks

Lockdown/curfew will stay for two more weeks. Then we will see the situation, said Singh

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Vehicles queue at Gurugram Toll after Haryana districts imposing restrictions on people crossing the border into Delhi. Photo: Dalip Kumar

BS Web Team PTI New Delhi

1 min read Last Updated : Apr 30 2020 | 2:46 AM IST

The Punjab government on Wednesday announced a four-hour relaxation in curfew in the state from 7 am daily.

"I had said that you (people) be given some sort of relaxation. We have today decided to give relaxation from 7 am to 11 am daily," Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said in a video message to people.

"You (people) can come out of your houses and shops will remain open from 7 am till 11 am," he said.

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The chief minister, however, added

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