A quiet New Year's eve at restaurants as Covid caution trumps celebration

Cafes and clubs have either cancelled or scaled down the events depending on local restrictions.

It will be a quiet New Year’s Eve at restaurants and bars due to night curfews and bans on celebrations in various states.

Cafes and clubs have either cancelled or scaled down their events depending on local restrictions. Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have imposed a night curfew while Chennai has decided to ban all vehicular movement except emergency vehicles from Friday midnight to 5 am on Saturday.

In Mumbai, restaurants and bars are allowed to operate with 50 per cent capacity till midnight but there is a ban on celebrations on December 31.

Municipal officials and the police are stepping