An order imposing section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) within the Mumbai commissionerate limits from Thursday was issued by the deputy commissioner of police (operations) on Monday.
The section prohibits the gathering of five or more persons at one spot and holding of public meetings, among other things. Only people up to 50 per cent of the capacity at a venue will be allowed to attend any event and organisers of programmes should be fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
According to the order, people have to follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour to stem the coronavirus spread.
All persons connected with organisation of any programme, event etc as well as service providers and participants, visitors, guests, customers shall be fully vaccinated.
Any shop, establishment, mall, event and gathering must be manned by fully vaccinated persons and all visitors and customers at such places shall be fully inoculated against coronavirus.
All public transport shall be used only by fully vaccinated persons, it said, adding all persons travelling into Maharashtra shall be either fully vaccinated or carry a RT-PCR test valid for 72 hours.
People up to 50 per cent of the capacity will be allowed to attend in case of any programme or event or activity or gathering, which is in closed or open space.
If the number of people present at such events exceeds thousand, then the local disaster management authority will have to be informed about the same.
The total Omicron cases now have shot up to 32 with four new cases being reported – two from Osmanabad and one each from Mumbai and Buldhana.
The Mumbai Police has extended the 144 CrPC by another fortnight. “Section 144 will be imposed from 0001 hrs of 16 December and will be in force till 2400 hrs of 31 December,” states the order signed by deputy commissioner of police (operations) Chaitanya S. The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation is also planning to have extra vigilance.
“The order shall came into force in the areas under the control of commissioner of police, Mumbai, with immediate effect from December 16, 2021, and will remain in force till 24.00 hrs of December 31,” it stated.
Mumbai on Wednesday added 238 new coronavirus cases, which took its infection count to 7,65,934, the city civic body said. As no death due to the virus was reported during the day, the city’s death toll remained unchanged at 16,360, it said.
