Curfew in the district of Bishnupur has been relaxed till 8 pm for Sunday (November 12) following an order by the district magistrate.
This is the third time the curfew relaxation in the district has been shortened to 8 pm from earlier 10 pm. The morning relaxation will, however, start from 5 am onwards. On Friday, an order by the district magistrate in the evening had shortened the curfew relaxation time from 10 pm to 8 pm.
However, as per an order issued by Lourembam Bikram, District Magistrate/DC, Bishnupur, Manipur on Saturday, the curfew has been relaxed with certain conditions, like all previous curfew relaxation periods.
As per the order, no person shall carry any arms of any kind during the period of relaxation for inciting violence such as sticks, stones, and firearms without a valid License, weapons, or objects of any description, which can be used as offensive weapons; Shops and other retail outlets are allowed to open during the period of relaxation.
The order further stated that all persons shall effectively abide by the relaxation schedule; No extension is given and valid for any person and all attempts to delay shall be treated as violative of the curfew.
Violation or attempt of violation of any kind shall be treated as per government instructions and as applicable per law, the order said.
However, all persons belonging to essential services such as the Health, PHED, Municipal Officials/Staffs and Media persons shall be exempted from further Imposition of curfew after the expiry of said period of relaxation, the order said.
