Coronavirus: Odd-Even Formula in Guwahati for Private Vehicles from April 10-12

Guwahati, April 9, 2020:

In Guwahati city from Friday to Sunday, even vehicles having essential service passes will have to comply with an odd-even formula amid the 21-day lockdown called by the centre to check the spread of the coronavirus.

Despite having 'essential' permits, from tomorrow, only the vehicles with number plates that end with an even number will be allowed to ply on the roads of Guwahati. -Contrariwise, the day after, only the vehicles having registration plates that end with an odd number shall be allowed to run.

This rule will again be followed on Sunday, when vehicles with number plates ending with an even number shall be allowed to ply on the roads.

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This was notified by the Assam Police authorities earlier today. However, certain services will be exempted. However, ambulances, doctors' vehicles, medical staff vehicles, press cars, goods trucks, water carrying vehicles, and vehicles of Government officials on duty will be exempted from the rule.

It may be mentioned here that earlier today, Assam reported it's 29th positive case of the coronavirus from Dhubri district.

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed about the positive case through his Twitter handle. “Alert ~ A person from Dhubri, who was in contact with a positive patient (with Markaz linkage) from the same district, has been confirmed as 

 

data-focusable="true">#COVID19 positive. The total number of 

 

data-focusable="true">#Covid patients in 

 

data-focusable="true">#Assam now stands at 29. Update at 8.00 pm,” he tweeted.

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