Puri: A curfew will be clamped in Puri town a day before the annual Ratha Yatra festival, scheduled to be held on July 12, and the restrictions will remain effective till the next afternoon.
The curfew will be in force with effect from 8.00 pm of July 11 till 8.00 am of July 13, 2021.
As per the order by the district administration, section 144 will be clamped in Puri town during the period. All the entry points to Puri town will be sealed.
The restrictions may be further extended in the town, informed Sub-Collector Bhabataran Sahoo.
As per the order by the DGP, no other employees or police officials other than on-duty cops will be permitted to enter Puri town during the above mentioned period.
The festival of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath was being organised without the participation of devotees for a second consecutive year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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