One-hour silence order serves no purpose: Locals
Muktsar, March 26
The state government order to observe one-hour silence on Saturdays in the memory of those who died due to Covid has left people worried.
The Muktsar Deputy Commissioner has even passed an order in this regard, saying no vehicle would be allowed to ply on roads on Saturday between 11 am and noon.
Raj Kumar, a resident, said: “My uncle passed away recently and the bhog ceremony is scheduled for Saturday. Our relatives are worried as to how they would reach here in time. The government should not have made the silence hour mandatory as it serves no purpose. The decision to observe no-vehicle hour should have been left to people.”
“This one-hour show-off exercise seems to have been suggested by a person not knowing the ground realities,” a 65-year-old man said. — TNS
