COVID-19: Uttarakhand government restricts entry of people in state secretariat
India TV NewsAmid the rise in COVID-19 cases in the state, the Uttarakhand government has restricted the entry of people in the state secretariat.The order was issued by the Chief Secretary of the state Om Prakash today said that only ministers and staff will be allowed to enter the secretariat. Meanwhile, the schools in Dehradun, Nainital, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Kotdwar Bhabar districts in Uttarakhand will remain closed till April 30. According to the order issued by Higher Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat, the educational institutes in four districts including Dehradun will teach students through online mode. "The schools in the remaining districts will continue in both offline and online mode amidst the Covid-19 pandemic," Rawat said in his order.