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Gaya people advised to stay indoors at noon

GAYA: With the prevailing heat wave condition in the district, the Gaya district administration has notified changes in shop opening times and as per the revised schedule, all shops permitted to open as per conditions laid down in the Covid-19 protocol including physical distancing, mandatory use of masks both by the buyers and the sellers, will now open at 7am and close at 12 noon.




No shop, except medicine, will be allowed to open after 12 noon. District magistrate Abhishek Kumar Singh notified the new timing that came into effect on Tuesday.

Earlier, shops were permitted to open between 10 am to 1pm and 3 to 5 pm with a two-hour-long recess between 1.00-3.00 pm. As per the revised schedule, shops will remain open for five hours in continuity and there will be no recess.

Gaya hit the 45 degree Celsius mark on Monday. The notification came into effect on Tuesday morning. The district administration, according to a press statement, has also issued an advisory to the residents on do's and dont's during the heat wave conditions. The advisory asks people to remain indoors between 12noon -4.00 pm.

All construction activity in the district has been banned between 12 to 4 pm in the district.

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