AP government postponed the imposition of night curfew in view of the Sankranti festival and to prevent inconvenience to people returning to their native places to celebrate the festival. Nigh curfew likely from January 18.

Government issued a circular where it mentioned that there will be a night curfew in the state from January 18th to January 31st with a few exemptions.

Exemptions from Night curfew:

All the exemptions that are allowed during the period of night curfew in the state are as follows: hospitals, diagnostic labs, and pharmacies, print and electronic media, telecommunications, internet services, broadcasting services, IT and IT enabled services; petrol pumps, power generation, transmission and distribution, water supply and sanitation, government officers/officials including officers of Andhra Pradesh High Court and other courts, urban local bodies and panchayat raj institutions on emergency duty, all medical personnel; pregnant women and patients for the purpose of receiving medical care; persons coming from/going to airports, railway stations, bus stands on production of valid ticket. All inter-state and intra-state movement of goods will be permitted.

Mask is a must in public places and not wearing a mask shall attract a penalty of Rs 100. Wearing masks is compulsory in public transportation as well. Shops and other commercial establishments allowing people inside without a mask need to bear a penalty of Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000.