Bhubaneswar: The Commissonerate Police have clamped the prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC during the night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am in the twin city of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from today.
Commissioner of Police Soumendra Priyadarshi informed the media that it has become necessary to impose prohibitory orders to avoid a large congregation of the people considering the rise in COVID-19 cases in the twin city.
The residents have been advised not to step out of their homes except essential services and risks the spread of COVID-19, the prohibitory order will be clamped in the twin cities from 9 pm, he added.