Bengaluru: According to sources, Bengaluru police Chief Kamal Pant has notified that the City’s flyovers will be closed from 10.00 pm on Friday January 7 to 5.00 am on Monday January 19.
The top cop has issued prohibitory orders in line with the weekend curfew imposed by the State government to stop the spread of Covid – 19.
The weekend curfew is in addition to the night curfew, which is from 10.00 pm to 5.00 am. The restrictions will be in effect until January 19 at 5.00 am.
Pant vowed to strictly enforce both the non-essential travel and curfews. He added that violators will be punished under sections 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, section 188 of the Indian Penal Code, and sections 4, 5 and 10 of the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act, 2020.
