<span style="color: #222222;">In view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, the Union Territory of Puducherry has imposed a total lockdown from Friday night to Monday morning.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, the decision to impose total lockdown was taken at a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">According to a release from Raj Nivas a total lockdown will be observed in the whole of the Union Territory from 10 pm on April 23 to 5 am on April 26 as part of the measures to contain spread of the virus in Puducherry.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It was further decided that in week days shops will be allowed to open till 2 pm. Hotels and restaurants would be permitted to sell eatables in parcels after 2 pm.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">And the Corona curfew otherwise called night curfew began at 10 pm yesterday night and ended at 5 am today morning.</span><br />''