No permission needed for holding marriage functions: Ludhiana DC



LUDHIANA: District magistrate-cum-deputy commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal on Tuesday said according to the directions of the Punjab government, there is no need to take any special permission for organising wedding functions and other social events.
He said maintaining social distancing during wedding or other such functions is a must, and not more than 50 persons can gather at the function.
He said marriage palaces, banquet halls, janj ghar's etc cannot be used for organising wedding functions, besides such functions cannot be organised during the curfew timings i.e. from 7pm to 7am.
Similarly, not more than 20 persons can gather for holding cremation, rasam pagri, kirya, antim ardas, bhog, etc.
He said from May 20, 2020 onwards, 12 trains carrying around 1,200 migrants each, will depart for different states daily. He said at present, passengers are informed about their travel by sending them text messages, but sometimes they are unable to check or read those messages.
From now on, lists of all the passengers leaving the next day along with the unique numbers will now be uploaded on the district administration's website, www.ludhiana.nic.in.
He said 10 trains departed for Sitamarhi, Akbarpur, Azamgarh, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Basti, Unnao, Faizabad, Rai Bareilly and Jaunpur from the city railway station on Tuesday.
According to the report of the health department issued on Tuesday, the deputy commissioner said till date, a total of 5,078 samples have been taken, of which, report of 4,724 has been received and report of 4,471 samples is negative. Report of 354 samples is pending.
He said the total number of patients from Ludhiana is 176, while 77 patients are from other districts and states. He said 125 patients have been cured till date, 7 have died.

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