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Bhopal relocked; stay home, stay safe

Bhopal: Bhopal district will have complete lockdown for 10 days, starting from Saturday. District collector Avinash Lavania issued an order to this effect under section 144 of Cr PC on Thursday.

Divisional commissioner, Kavindra Kiyavat on Friday held a meeting with the top administration and police officials to take stock of the preparations for lockdown.

He stressed that an effective lockdown is a must to break the chain of infection. ADG, Bhopal zone, Upendra Jain, DIG, Bhopal, Irshad Wali and collector Lavania also attended the meeting among others.

According to guidelines issued by district collector, except for medical shops and milk parlours, no other shop will open during the lockdown.

Guidelines further says the provision of vegetables would be made by the BMC in accordance with directives received from the district administration. Grocery will be available at Sanchi Milk Parlours. Petrol pumps, LPG outlets and PDS outlets will also remain open.

Milk vendors and newspaper hawkers will be allowed to distribute milk/newspapers from 6.30 am to 9.00 am and they will need no pass for it. People engaged in emergency services or carrying out essential services will be allowed to go out for work, but they will have to carry their ID with them. Revenue-earning offices of the government will function with 30 per cent capacity and other government offices with skeletal staff. State-level offices like mantralaya and directorate will function as decided by the general administration department. People will normally not be allowed to come on road, but if required, they can go to nearest milk booth or medical shop to fetch the required stuff.

Borders of Bhopal district will remain sealed.

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