All religious places in West Bengal will be allowed to re-open from June 1, announced Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday with strict restrictions. The Bengal CM, however, added that only a group of 10 persons would be allowed to enter the place of worship at once. Further, no congregations would be permitted at the religious sites till further orders from the government.
The opening of religious places is a major lifting of curb amid the ongoing lockdown. The current phase of restrictions are scheduled to end on May 31, and the Centre is expected to announce a fifth phase of lockdown beginning from June 1. The opening of religious places is a big development in the midst of rising cases in the country. In the advisory released for first four Ministry of Home Affairs had not permitted the states or union territories to open up schools, colleges, cinema halls, theatres, malls and places of worships.