UNLOCK 2: NIGHT CURFEW SET TO BE CURTAILED BY HOUR IN CHANDIGARH

■ After the central government on Monday issued guidelines for the Phase 2 of Unlock, the UT administration is all set to change the timings of night curfew to between 10pm and 5am. Currently, it is from 9pm to 5am

■ Chandigarh, being a Union Territory, will be following the central guidelines in toto, confirmed a senior official. Final decisions regarding relaxations will be taken in the UT administrator’s war room meeting

■ The administration is also actively considering allowing restaurants and hotels to serve liquor from July 1. The administration had decided not to allow serving of liquor till June 30 and put off the decision till the end of Unlock 1

■ Recently, the Hotels and Restaurants Association, Chandigarh, gave a memorandum to the administration to allow them to serve liquor on the pattern of Punjab and extend