No roll-back in Govt. decision on new restrictions, Health Minister clarifies
Mysore/Mysuru: The ardent movie-goers are a disappointed lot yet again as the State Government has imposed 50 percent occupancy rule in theatres and multiplexes following steep rise in COVID cases. This decision has ruffled the feathers of the film industry that was just now looking up with new blockbuster releases.
Earlier, after lockdown was lifted, cinemas were prevented from admitting audience to full capacity and restrictions like alternate row seating, mandatory sanitisation of seats after each screening and capping hall capacity to 25 percent were imposed. Later, it was relaxed to 50 percent occupancy but it was not financially feasible to start theatre operations. Many in the industry were highly sceptical about how many people will risk coming to theatres. Added to this, there were no big releases.