Coronavirus: No curfew relaxation on Tuesday in Jalandhar

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 23

As full curfew got imposed on Monday afternoon in Jalandhar to check spread of coronavirus, the district administration has decided not to give any relaxation to the residents on Tuesday.

There will be no relaxation hours either in the morning or evening. Jalandhar DC Varinder K Sharma said, “People will not be allowed to venture out. Only the milk suppliers, vegetable vendors and safari karamcharis will be allowed to work tomorrow. They are our foot soldiers. No grocery shops will be allowed to open. People have already purchased enough rations. Milk and vegetable vendors will be allowed to operate door-to-door with supplies. But people will not be allowed to come out of house and go to shops and markets.”

The DC said he had instructed the Verka authorities to double the production of milk. “I am experimenting with a model wherein I have suggested to the milk retailers to keep their premises shut and go on only for door-to-door service. I will give relaxations in some days but there is no curfew relaxation tomorrow,” he said.

Meanwhile, the district administration is learnt to have issued 6,000 passes to vegetable vendors, milk suppliers and employees of media houses.

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