RWA cancels New Year celebrations, urges residents to avoid gatherings Gurgaon News – Times of India

Gurgaon: Amidst boom in numbers COVID-19 Cases in the city and with 13 more people found positive omicron Variant, this year too the New Year celebrations in Gurgaon will remain silent.
in the last few days many RWA which had planned to host parties and community gatherings, had to cancel New Year’s events and urged residents to avoid celebrations,
The decision to avoid gatherings comes after the state government imposed strict measures including a night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am and limiting the number of people to 200 people or 50% of the hall capacity. Besides this, it also directed the organizers to ensure that only fully vaccinated persons attend such events.
“We were planning to celebrate the New Year with Winter Carnival, but due to the sudden increase in the COVID-19 cases, we had to postpone our plans. This is the second consecutive year that we have had to skip our New Year. ” plans. But we would prefer to do so keeping in mind the safety of the residents and be safe rather than sorry,” said Ardi City RWA member Chaitali Mandhotra.
Some RWAs have also started taking measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. He has urged residents to be careful and celebrate New Year at home with their family and friends.
Rajeev Sinha, RWA President, Essel Tower on MG Road, said, “All our plans for New Year’s Eve are now canceled as there are 7 positive Covid-19 cases in our society. While we have to bear some losses like That we had already done. Things already booked, we cannot prioritize money over the health of our residents. Moreover, we have also started strict surveillance on the ground social distancing Wearing face masks in the market premises, in common areas and double vaccination has been made mandatory for visitors from January 1.
Expressing a similar opinion, Hemant Kumar, general secretary of BPTP Park Serene, said that the guidelines were issued by the government and due to this they had to cancel the sporting event which they wanted to organize for the children in their society. were planning.
“Following the guidelines issued by the state government, we have decided to cancel the sporting events scheduled for Sunday. Due to the rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, people are worried. These are uncertain times and we have to be vigilant. , ” They said.
“While we were planning to organize a gala event on New Year’s Eve, but with the restrictions imposed by the state government, we have decided to cancel it. Things were slowly returning to normal but we had to keep our guard up. form with the new forms which seem to spread very rapidly,” said Pradeep Rahi, RWA president of Ramprastha Atrium.

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