Online Desk :
The government has issued 18-point guidelines to curb the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Instructions have again been issued to transport half the capacity of passengers to ensure physical distance there.
A gazette notification signed by Ahmad Kaikaus, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, has been issued from the Cabinet Division on Monday.
It has asked to limit all kinds of public gatherings and ensure hygiene in all religious places including mosques and temples.
Besides, it has also been asked to limit public gatherings at tourist centers and cinema halls and discourage all kinds of fairs.
Earlier, when the Covid-19 infection started, the Department of Road Transport and Highways asked to keep half the seats vacant in public transport from May 31, 2020. At that time, the government increased the bus fare by 60pc in the face of the demand of the bus owners. Before that, public transport was shut down for a long time.
However, due to the reduction in the transmission of coronavirus, public transport started again in all the seats of the bus from September 1 last year.
