guwahati the number of districts under roundtheclock curfew has been brought down to two with an improvement in the covid19 situation however the assam state disaster management authority asdma in its sop issued on tuesday said the ban on interdistrict travel would continuethe revised directive for both rural and urban areas of the state will remain in force with effect from 5 am on wednesday july 28 until further ordersas per the sop there will be total containment in golaghat and lakhimpur districts in upper assam where the curfew time will be roundtheclock all work places business and commercial establishments dinein restaurants hotels resorts dhabas and eateries takeaway of food items from restaurants dhabas and other eateries opening of sale counters showrooms of cold storages and warehouses will be closed in these two districtsin five districts where the rates of positive cases are moderate as in goalpara morigaon jorhat sonitpur and biswanath the curfew time will be from 2 pm to 5 am in five districts where the rates of positive cases are moderate goalpara morigaon jorhat sonitpur and biswanath the curfew time will be from 2 pm to 5 am in the rest of the districts like dhubri kamrup metro south salmara mankachar majuli bongaigaon chirang udalguri west karbi anglong dima hasao charaideo hailakandi dibrugarh sivasagar kokrajhar barpeta nalbari baksa bajali kamrup darrang nagaon hojai tinsukia dhemaji cachar karimganj and karbi anglong where curfew will be in force from 5 pm to 5 am though the situation has improved all work places business and commercial establishments dinein restaurants hotels resorts dhabas and other eateries takeaway of food items from restaurants dhabas and other eateries opening of sale counters showrooms of cold storages and warehouses will be open up to 1 pm in the districts showing moderate positivity rate and up to 4 pm in the districts showing improvement in the positivity rate the sop however mentioned that shops dealing with groceries fruits and vegetables dairy and milk booths animal fodder will be open up to 5 pm in the districts showing even high and moderate positivity and up to 4 pm in the majority of districts showing improvement but there will be a total ban on the movement of all public and private transport in the total containment districts though movement of goods has been allowed to continue in the rest of the districts all public transport authorities will enforce covid19 appropriate behavior it addedall interdistrict passenger transport services and movement of people to and from other districts will remain suspended read the soppublic gatherings will not be permitted in total containment districts but asdma said in other districts up to 10 persons will be allowed for marriages or funeral programmes pillionriding will also remain prohibited on two wheelers except with women and children the sop stated that intradistrict transport with 50 seating capacity and observance of covidappropriate behaviour may be allowed in case the positivity rate in any area reaches more than 10 cases the jurisdictional district magistrate