In the wake of a second wave of coronavirus, the district administration has imposed Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) 50 meters across district headquarters. In a communiqué issued by SDO Nitish Kumar Singh it has been stated that the assembly of five or more people in an area is prohibited. No organisation can hold demonstrations near the DC office. Entry without a mask has also been prohibited.

"We have been asked to follow the guidelines strictly. We fear that any negligence may further lead to rise in cases. The administration is not going to give any further relaxation.  Those who will move on the road without masks will be prosecuted," said the official.

With the Coronavirus positive cases under control in the East Singhbhum district, the district health machineries are all set for starting a massive  drive of sample tests for the killer virus from next week.

The district health department is conducting as many as 10,000 tests per day having increased the current test rate of 2,000 per day as it apprehends the majority of those who had been to their native places in Bihar, Odisha and Bengal will have returned back to the steel city.

"We have increased vigil at railway stations and bus stands where there is much more. As the people are still returning home to the steel city and other places of the district having celebrated the festival, we apprehend a rise of the Coronavirus positive cases with the influx of the people," said the official.