A cinema hall in Coimbatore. File photo
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The Hindu
Move amounts to a dilution of the Ministry of Home Affairs order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla tells Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam. Disapproving of the Tamil Nadu government’s decision to allow cinemas to function with full seat occupancy, the Union Home Ministry has asked the State not to dilute the Centre’s COVID-19 guidelines in this regard.
In a communication to Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla referred to the January 4 Government Order permitting full seat occupancy and said, “This amounts to a dilution of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) order dated December 28, 2020, issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.”