West Bengal eases COVID-19 restrictions ahead of festivities, local trains to run with 50% capacity, night curfew relaxed

The West Bengal government has also allowed theatres and malls to open with 70% capacity.

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday extended COVID-19 restrictions till November 30 with additional relaxations, one of them being permission for local trains to operate at 50 per cent seating capacity from Sunday -- almost six months after services were stopped to check the spread of the disease.

The administration also allowed movement of people and vehicles between 11 pm to 5 am from November 2 to 5 for Kali Puja festivities, an official order here said.

It granted similar relaxations for Chhat Puja on November 10 and 11.