{"id":1385,"date":"2020-09-06T18:13:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-06T12:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2020-09-06T18:13:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-06T12:28:24","slug":"cdo-bhatta-lockdown-in-kathmandu-valley-should-be-extended-until-dashain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1385","title":{"rendered":"CDO Bhatta: Lockdown in Kathmandu Valley should be extended until Dashain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KATHMANDU: The Chief District Officer of Lalitpur Narayan Prasad Bhatta has stated that the ongoing lockdown in the Kathmandu Valley should be imposed until Dashain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a meeting of the sub-committee under the Education and Health Committee of the Parliament on Sunday, CDO Bhatta stated that the lockdown was the best option to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as the festival season will motivate people to gather and celebrate together in large groups.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Dashain is coming, and the movement will increase, therefore the current lockdown should be continued until then,\u201d stated Bhatta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhatta also said that cases did not increase as much due to the lockdown imposed during the festival of teej a few weeks ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The situation would have been worse had it not been for the prohibitory order,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current lockdown has been issued in Kathmandu Valley since August 20, and will end on September 9. 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