JNU extends university campus lockdown till May 17

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) announced on Monday that the lockdown inside the university campus has been extended till May 17. This has been done as per an order of the Delhi government to cut down the spread of Covid-19.

JNU had first implemented lockdown inside the campus on April 19. Later on, the JNU lockdown was extended twice after two orders of the Delhi government on April



26 and May 3.

"The curfew on movement of persons (as stipulated in the earlier orders) will be extended in the university premises till 5 am on 17.05.21 (Monday) or further orders, whichever will be earlier," said the official JNU order.

The university added that from 10 am on Monday to 9 am on May 17, the Dr BR Ambedkar Central Library would remain strictly closed.