Ranch: The Jharkhand government has issued guidelines prohibiting celebrations of Holi, Shab-e-Barat, Navratri, Ramnavami and Easter at public places.
The state government has taken the initiative to curb the spread second wave of coronavirus.
The Chief Secretary of the state Sukhdev Singh has directed that all celebrations and congregations at public places during festivals like Holi, Sarhul, Shab-e-Barat, Navratri, Ramnavami and Easter shall not be allowed in the state.
Singh said all kinds of processions, including those on Sahul and Ramnavmi across the state, are also banned.
Ranchi and Jamshedpur has been witnessing a surge in the number of daily positive cases over the past few days in the state.
