<span style="color: #222222;">Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has  allowed opening of government schools from Monday 19th of October, with ceiling on number of students and hours of operation.<br />''<br />''An official spokesman said that the schools will be opened after  completing  sanitization and disinfection procedures.<br />''<br />''He said, the SOP issued by the government will be followed and parents' consent will be mandatory for students to attend the school.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, some of the private schools in the state have opened today.<br />''<br />''CM has also  ordered resumption of normal OPD service and elective surgeries, with extensive precautions in place, but warned against any complacency given the projections of a possible second wave of the pandemic.</span><br />