Prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley extended until June 28, relaxations introduced

KATHMANDU, June 20: The three district administrations offices (DAOs) in the Kathmandu Valley have decided to extend the ongoing restriction orders, which were put in place starting April 29, by one more week and enforce until June 28 midnight. 

The ongoing orders were due to expire on June 14 midnight. 

The DAOs of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts decided to review the current modality and enforce eased orders starting from Tuesday, said Prem Prasad Bhattarai, CDO of Bhaktapur. 

With the eased restrictions, the local administrations will allow private vehicles and taxi services  on an odd-even system. Similarly, other shops and stores ranging from departmental stores to clothing shops, hardware stores to automobile showrooms, kitchen utensil stores to electronic stores, etc will be allowed  to remain open in particular hours on specific days. 

Grocery stores and grocery sections of the departmental stores, stationery shops, fruits and vegetable stores, shops selling cooking gas, water and dairy products will also remain open until 11 AM as usual.