SHIMLA : The Himachal Pradesh government on Monday announced a number of Covid curb relaxations including restoring six-day work week for employees with immediate effect.
Governmental offices will remain open as usual for six days a week with 100% capacity. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting that was chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur in Shimla on Monday.
The decision to continue 10 pm to 6am night curfew was also made during this meeting. The night curfew remains until further orders.
The decision comes as daily Covid cases begin to decline in the state. As Covid-19 cases had seen a surge owing to the third wave of the pandemic, the government had restricted its offices to work five days a week and with 50 per cent capacity.