Assam govt lifts curfew in Guwahati

Authorities lifted curfew in Guwahati on Tuesday morning following days of violent protests in Assam

The decision to lift curfew in Guwahati, Assam’s main city, came after the state government reviewed the law-and-order situation in the state on Monday. The meeting was chaired by chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

“The meeting decided to lift curfew completely in Guwahati from 6 am tomorrow (Tuesday). The meeting also decided to resume operation of broadband internet services in entire state from tomorrow morning,” said a statement issued by the chief minister’s office had said on Monday.

Assam’s director general of police Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta said the situation was better in the state, where at least five people were killed in violence during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the last one week.

over the amended citizenship act and restored broadband services in the entire state.

Jitendra Singh, Union minister for the northeast, tweeted about the decisions in the morning.