Bengaluru: As COVID-19 cases are seeing an upward trend once again in some districts, the State Government considering that many festivals fall in the months of August, September and October, has ordered a ban on large-scale social, political, religious and cultural congregation of people, as a precautionary and safety measure to check the spread of the deadly pandemic.
A string of festivals, including Muharram, Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja are celebrated in these months. Following the surge in COVID cases, the State Government has directed the district authorities to decide on enforcing restrictions locally on the festival days. In a fresh set of guidelines issued on Thursday, the Government said that no public celebration of festivals or mass gatherings would be permitted in the State during the festive season.
