ahmedabad owing to the covid protocol in place the weeklong kankaria carnival timings have been revised entry to the carnival will be allowed till 8pm which was 10pm earlier the ahmedabad municipal corporation amc officials said that they plan to wrap up the carnival by 930pm as they see a heavy rush towards the yearend at all entry points sanitizer bottles and masks are in place for visitors around 100 volunteers have been employed who would go around with megaphones urging visitors to observe covid protocols and maintain social distancinglast year fearing a covid wave the amc had decided to drop the annual weeklong carnival introduced in 2008 the event is held in the last week of december every year while the pandemic situation was perceived to be under control the amc had decided to go ahead with the event from december 25 till december 31 sources in the amc said the officials have decided to strictly implement the covid protocol during the weeklong event three stages are being set up at the kankaria lakefront for entertainment shows a police control room has also been set up to monitor visitors on the cctv