2 more industrial units shut in Sirmaur

Tribune News Service
Solan, June 11

The district administration of Sirmaur has ordered closure of two more industrial units — Rica Enterprises and Aqua Parentral at Ogli village in Kala Amb — as they violated the district magistrate’s (DM) orders and allowed unauthorised entry of workers from the neighbouring Haryana.

While seven of the nine Covid positive persons resided in Haryana, a native of Bag Pashog village in Pacchad and a woman from ward number 3 in Nahan were the local employees of Orison Pharma International.

District Magistrate, Sirmaur, RK Pruthi, has appealed to the people who have come in contact with the employees of the two units to get themselves medically examined and inform the administration.

Executive Magistrate, Narayan Chauhan, who issued closure notice to the two units last evening, said since these units were located strategically where there was no inter-state police barrier for people coming from Haryana, their managements allowed cross-border movement of workers from Haryana without seeking the requisite permission. All inter-state movement is permissible only through the authorities and these guidelines have not been adhered to.

Chauhan has also recommended legal action against the unit managements for violating the orders. Area lying in the precincts of these units was declared containment zone. There are about 20 to 25 inhabitants lying in its precincts.

As many as 40 contacts of Covid-positive cases have been identified from Orison Pharma and a majority of them were residents of Haryana. They have been sent messages to get themselves medically examined and stay under quarantine as a precaution, added Chauhan.

This is the fourth industrial unit to be sealed in Sirmaur district for unauthorised entry of workers from Haryana.