The Bengaluru police have extended the deadline for all establishments by an hour till 1 a.m. on New Year’s Eve in the city. Meanwhile, the city police guidelines for the revelry, especially on M.G. Road and Brigade Road, are silent on increase in COVID-19 cases in the city and doesn’t specify on guidelines for the same.
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, B. Dayananda holding a press meet on Tuesday, December 26, said clubs and pubs can operate till 1 a.m. instead of midnight. Such an extension was given on New Year’s Eve last year too. He announced elaborative security measures ahead of New Year’s Eve in the city, especially in the prime locations where the festivities are observed.
