The Bengal government on Friday gave the green signal to allow local trains to resume services, and also schools and colleges to reopen, while extending Covid restrictions till the month of November.
Till Friday 982 new Covid cases were detected, of which the highest 273 cases were in Calcutta.
Till Thursday 6pm, the number of new Covid cases was reported by the state health department to be around 990, which was at 530, till two weeks ago during During Puja.
From Sunday, local train services will resume at 50 per cent capacity from Howrah and Sealdah, the two main stations under Eastern Railway catering to Calcutta. While the Eastern Railway and South-Eastern Railway were keen on resuming services over the last few months, the state government did not share its urgency.
In Mumbai, Western and Central zones of the railway have started plying 3,141 rakes from Thursday onwards.
As announced by the chief minister, classes IX-XII, colleges and universities will start taking attendance from November 16 onwards instead of the virtual classes that were on since March 2020when the countrywide lockdown was declared.
Cinemas and other places for public entertainment will operate with 70 per cent capacity and till 11 pm.
Restrictions on movement at night will remain throughout the month of November except for the days between Nov 2-5 on the occasion of Diwali and Kali Puja and November 10-11 for Chhath Puja.
