Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai. (file photo)
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the state government will not allow any New Year celebrations at public places in view of the emergence of a new strain of Covid-19 virus in the United Kingdom.
"There will be no New Year celebrations at public places, due to Covid-19 and the emergence of the new strain of the virus in the United Kingdom," stated Basavaraj Bommai.
Bengaluru police commissioner Kamal Pant said that Section 144 of CRPC would be imposed across the city from 6 pm on December 31 till 6 am on January 1 in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic.