Mumbai: Gatherings of more than 200 people to now require assistant municipal commissioners’ nod

Meanwhile, ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, the civic body appealed to the citizens to follow Covid protocols and avoid large gatherings.

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station. (PTI)

2 min readMumbaiDec 21, 2021 05:25 PM IST First published on: Dec 21, 2021 at 02:15 PM IST

With the number of cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 rising in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Monday said gatherings of more than 200 people will now require permission from the local assistant municipal commissioners.

The new order supersedes the state government order which allowed gatherings of up to 1,000 people without need of any special permission. In cases of gatherings above 1,000, organisers needed to take permission from the local disaster management authority.

Earlier, the BMC had said that for open space venues, up to 25% of the total capacity and in closed areas like halls, up to 50% of the capacity can be allowed to be used.