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Mumbai: Places of worship to open for devotees from November 16
Updated On: 15 November, 2020 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
state issues order to reopen places of worship starting Monday; masks and social distancing still mandatory, as state readies for second wave, which medical experts say could likely hit by January
Authorities at Siddhivinayak Temple Trust will be meeting today to take a final decision on reopening from Monday. Pic/Shadab Khan
Temples and other places of worship will reopen from Monday. The state government resolved the much-politicised demand by issuing an order on Saturday, with a condition that the COVID-19 protocol of social distancing and wearing masks be followed. Schools in Maharashtra will reopen a week after religious places welcome devotees, making unlock almost complete, with only suburban trains awaiting a final nod.
The Opposition parties—the BJP, AIMIM and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi—had raised a demand to reopen places of worship. The priests had given a call of indefinite strike and protests were held at the temples across Maharashtra in the past month.
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