First day of prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley (photo feature)

Valley CDOs to hold meeting today, prohibitory orders extension likely

KATHMANDU, July 15: Chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley are holding a joint meeting at 1 PM on Thursday. The meeting will take necessary decisions on extension of the ongoing prohibitory orders in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts. According to officials, the CDOs of Kathmandu (Kali Prasad Parajuli), Lalitpur (Dhundi Prasad Niraula) and Bhaktapur (Prem Prasad Bhattarai) are preparing to extend the restriction orders by another 15 days. The orders, which were first put in place on April 29 and extended several times, are due to expire on Thursday midnight. The meeting will also discuss on allowing the long-haul public vehicles entering and leaving the Valley, according to Bhaktapur CDO Bhattarai.

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Weeklong fresh prohibitory orders begin today

KATHMANDU, July 6: With eased restrictions in place, the fresh prohibitory orders enforced by the District Administration Offices (DAOs) in the Kathmandu Valley have been implemented from today. As per the new provision, the odd and even number placed on public transport has come to an end. According to Chief District Officer (CDO) of Kathmandu Kali Prasad Parajuli, the public vehicles have been ordered not to keep passengers more than their bearing capacity and follow all the health security protocols including use of face mask and gloves. Sanitizer should be made availed at the entrance door of the vehicles and the vehicles should be disinfected. For special purpose, vehicles can enter into the Valley after taking permission from the local administration. In the new order, most of the businesses are allowed to run till 6:00 pm. However, public gatherings and crowds are discouraged as seminars, cinema halls, hotels, party palaces are not allowed to operate. Takeaway and home delivery services from restaurants are allowed till 7:00 pm.

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Prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley extended by one more week

KATHMANDU, June 13: The ongoing prohibitory orders in the Kathmandu Valley have been extended by one more week. With this, the orders will remain in place until June 21. A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts --- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur -- in the Valley, on Sunday, decided to extend the orders, according to Kali Prasad Parajuli, CDO of Kathmandu district. The restriction orders, which were first put in place on April 29, were enforced for a week initially. The orders were extended for thrice -- one after a week on May 5, on May 27 and on June 2. The recent extension was due to expire on June 14, with a bit relaxation as an indication to normalize the city life impacted by the complete closure of business and other normal activities. With the recent extension, the local administrations of the three districts decided to review the modality of the restriction orders. With this, the hotels and restaurants are allowed to offer takeaway services from 7AM in the morning. “They can receive online orders and offer the services,” said Kathmandu CDO Parajuli. The meeting, attended by Kathmandu’s CDO Kali Prasad Parajuli, Lalitpur’s CDO Dhundi Prasad Niraula and Bhattarai of Bhaktapur district, also drew a conclusion that the the prohibitory orders can not be lifted at least for as the coronavirus disease is still ravaging the county’s capital city.

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Prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley extended till June 14

KATHMANDU, June 2: Ongoing prohibitory orders in the Kathmandu Valley, where Nepal’s federal capital lies, have been extended by another 12 days amid the fears of the novel coronavirus disease. The restriction orders, which were first put in place on April 29, will now continue until June 14. A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts --- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur -- in the Valley, on Wednesday, decided to extend the orders, according to Prem Prasad Bhattarai, CDO of Bhaktapur district. The orders, which were enforced for a week initially, were extended for twice -- one after a week on May 5 and then on May 27. The recent extension was due to expire on June 3, which introduced a little bit tightened rules as grocery stores and departmental stores were not allowed to open. However, with the recent decision, the grocery stores and departmental stores will remain open until 9 AM in the morning. The meeting, attended by Kathmandu’s CDO Kali Prasad Parajuli, Lalitpur’s CDO Dhundi Prasad Niraula and Bhattarai of Bhaktapur district, also drew a conclusion that the the prohibitory orders can not be lifted at least for as the coronavirus disease is still ravaging the county’s capital city. As of Tuesday afternoon’s data, there are still 25,253 active cases of the disease in the Valley including 14,584 in Kathmandu, 4,300 in Lalitpur and 6,369 in Bhaktapur districts.

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Prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley extended until June 3

KATHMANDU, May 25: The ongoing prohibitory orders in the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley have been extended by one more week. A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts in the Valley held on Tuesday decided to extend the orders until June 3 in view of the escalating fears of the coronavirus pandemic. The orders which are in force in Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts since April 29, were earlier extended for two times. The recent extension was due to expire on May 27.

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Grappling with COVID-19, 72 districts enforce prohibitory orders

Nepal has 97,008 active corona cases including 40,222 in Kathmandu Valley alone KATHMANDU, May 11: As Nepal is being ravaged by a deadlier second wave of the coronavirus disease, most districts across the country have enforced prohibitory orders in an attempt to stem the transmission chain of the deadlier variant of the virus. Local administrations, as authorized by the Council of Ministers, placed restrictions on all the activities except for emergency ones as the number of new corona cases and deaths are on the rise on a daily basis. According to the health ministry, 9,483 cases were confirmed across the country in the past 24 hours which has taken the country’s infection tally to 413,111. Similarly, record-high daily-count of corona death on Tuesday. At least 225 patients succumbed to the disease, said the ministry. Since the first case was reported on May 16 last year, Nepal has so far witnessed 4,084 fatalities. While the number of recoveries are gradually increasing in recent days, there are still 97,008 active cases of the disease. Of them, 40,222 are from the Kathmandu Valley alone. As the most hospitals in cities including Kathmandu, Pokhara, Butwal and Nepalgunj have been overwhelmed with corona patients and the crisis of live saving oxygen deepens, the district administration offices of 72 districts across the country have enforced prohibitory orders. Of the total 77 districts, Rukum (East), Mustang, Manang, Khotang and Tehrathum are yet to go for the restriction measures as of Tuesday morning. While 63 districts have imposed orders throughout the districts,nine others have placed the orders only in affected zones, according to the Home Ministry. Meanwhile, the three districts in the Kathmandu Valley ---Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur-- have extended the prohibitory orders by another two weeks and will remain in place until May 27.

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Valley DAOs preparing to extend prohibitory orders by 15 days

Valley districts have 39,463 active corona cases KATHMANDU, May 11: Local administrations of the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley --- Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur-- are preparing to extend the prohibitory orders by two more weeks. Chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts on Monday discussed the extension of prohibitory orders in view of rising corona cases and death numbers. Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Kali Prasad Parajuli, said that a meeting of the chief district officers of Kathmandu valley in presence of chiefs of security bodies from the three districts scheduled on Tuesday would take necessary decisions on this matter. Parajuli shared that it is necessary to extend the prohibitory period as the Kathmandu Valley has been badly affected from the massive spread of COVID-19 cases across the country in the recent period. Earlier, prohibitory orders were imposed in the Kathmandu Valley for a week to be effective from April 29 and later were extended for another one week, which are due to expire from May 12 midnight. The Kathmandu Valley has been reporting around 4,000 COVID-19 cases daily in recent periods. According to the health ministry, there are a total of 39,463 active cases in the Valley alone. Similarly, 1,286 deaths have so far been recorded in the three districts of the Valley.

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Ongoing prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley extended until May 12

KATHMANDU, May 4: Prohibitory orders in the Kathmandu Valley have been extended by one more week. With this, the ongoing orders that are being enforced since April 29, have been extended until May 12. A meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of the three districts of the Valley ---Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts--- held on Tuesday decided to extend the ongoing restriction orders by another week in order to break the transmission chain of infection. According to Prem Prasad Bhattarai, CDO of Bhaktapur district, the orders will be stricter as the shops and grocery stores will be allowed to open only between 7 and 9 in the mornings.

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These services, activities are allowed and restricted during week-long prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley

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Valley DAOs issue week-long prohibitory orders starting Thursday

KATHMANDU, April 26: The three districts in the Kathmandu Valley have issued prohibitory orders amid the exacerbating COVID-19 crisis in the country’s most populous city. A joint meeting of the chief district officers (CDOs) of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts decided to enforce the prohibitory orders for a week-- from April 29 to May 7 in view of the rising risk of COVID-19 triggered by the new variant of the virus. The three District Administration Offices (DAOs) in the Kathmandu Valley issued separate orders on Monday evening putting restrictions on various services and activities in the Kathmandu Valley. The new orders will come into force from 6AM on April 29 and end on May 5 midnight. According to the orders issued separately by three DAOs, conferences, seminars, training centers, cinema halls, party palaces, swimming pools, shopping malls, entertainment sites, saloons, beauty parlors, gym and fitness centers, sports activities, libraries and zoos are not allowed to be operated. Similarly, all the private vehicles and public transportation services except for those designated as emergency ones are also restricted. Ambulances and those vehicles carrying emergency goods, health professionals and medical supplies, however, will be allowed to operate during this period. All other services except for the emergency ones are prohibited, according to the orders. Services allowed during the period include operation and transportation of drinking water, food stuff, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, banks and financial institutions, internet, COVID-19 quarantine and isolation facilities and waste management. Similarly, all the shops and business activities will remain shut down except for those selling food items, medicines and medical supplies. Only the grocery section of the departmental stores are allowed to open. They will remain open until 10 AM in the morning and between 5 PM to 7 PM in the evening. The district administrations asked those allowed to operate their services to strictly abide by the health protocol issued by the health ministry.

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First day of prohibitory orders in Kathmandu Valley (photo feature)

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