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Kolkata, Jan 08: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday allowed full occupancy of cinema halls in the state with adherence to COVID safety protocols.
The chief minister made the decision after virtually inaugurating the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) attended by Bollywood superstar and West Bengal’s brand ambassador Shah Rukh Khan from Mumbai.
Banerjee, while delivering her inaugural address from state secretariat Nabanna, asked the cinema hall owners to maintain all safety protocols including regular sanitisation of the theatres.
She asked Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay to issue a notification raising the occupancy limit of theatres from 50 to 100…