Kolkata: The West Bengal government has altered dates for the bi-weekly lockdown in August yet again.
Lockdown in West Bengal will now be enforced on August 5, 8, 20, 21, 27, 28 and 31. The previous declare
d dates were August 5, 8, 16, 17, 23, 24 and 31.
This is the fourth time that the Mamata Banerjee-headed Trinamool Congress Party state government has changed lockdown dates to curtail the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state.
“Several requests and appeals have been received from different quarters to relax complete lockdown on certain dates which are coinciding with some festivals and local community-based customs,” the government order stated.
The BJP state unit asked the state government to reconsider the lockdown on August 5 as Ram Mandir Bhoomi Poojan in Ayodhya is scheduled that day.