Vehicles will also not be allowed to circulate between 8 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Friday on MG Road, Brigade Road, Church Street, Museum Road and Residency Road in the central business district to prevent New Year revelers from gathering to usher in 2021.
Year-end parties and parties in public places on December 31 and January 1 have been banned throughout the city.
A 12-hour ban was imposed under section 144 on the gathering of more than 5 people in public places in the city beginning at 6 p.m. on December 31.
Customers with early booking to celebrate New Year’s Eve in pubs, bars, restaurants have been exempted. DJ parties, special events and all kinds of performances in public places and commercial premises are also prohibited.
However, citizens are free to usher in the New Year in their homes, apartments, gated communities, and residential areas under the guidelines without special events or gatherings.
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