Bengaluru to impose Section 144 on December 31, January 1

Section 144 will be imposed in Bengaluru on the occasion of the New Year. The restrictions will be imposed in the city from 6 pm on December 31 till 6 am on January 1, Kamal Pant, Commissioner of Police, told ANI.

'No-man' zones will be created at MG Road, Church Street, Brigade Road,



Koramangala and Indiranagar, the commissioner said. Only those with advance reservation coupons for pubs, bars, restaurants allowed, he added.

The state, which has witnessed substantial reduction in the COVID-19 cases, is on the guard following the emergence of new variant of the virus in Britain.