Maharashtra relaxes COVID curbs, extends timings of hotels, restaurants, check details

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had on Monday attended a meeting with COVID task force and discussed the possibility of granting more relaxations in restrictions while observing precautions. 

New Delhi: Relaxing COVID-19 curbs further in view of the current coronavirus situation in the state, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday (August 11) allowed all hotels and restaurants to function till 10 pm in the state. As per the notification from the government, all these hotels and restaurants can function with 50 per cent capacity. As of now, hotels and restaurants were only allowed to operate till 4 pm. A statement from the Maharashtra government said that detailed guidelines regarding the same will be issued shortly. For quite some time, restaurant owners, shopping malls and other establishments have been demanding that the state government extend the current timings.