Amid a spike in Corona cases in Chhattisgarh, lockdowns were announced on Thursday in Rajnandgaon and Bemetara districts from April 10 to 19.
The district boundary will be sealed and only essential services will be allowed during the lockdown, said an order from Rajnandgaon Collector Topeshwar Verma.
Medical shops and petrol pumps will function with conditional restrictions and only medical emergency movement will be allowed.
All shops, vegetable vends, provision stores, liquor shops, commercial and departmental zones, temples and tourism sites will be shut, the order said.
All Central, state government, semi government and private offices as well as banks will remain closed. Telecom, sanitization, water supply, maintenance and health departments will work.
Petrol pumps will be open only for ambulances, ATM vans, medical vehicles, media personnel and press related vehicles as well as vehicles from other states.
Milk parlours will be operational between 6-8 am and 6-7.30 pm. Newspaper delivery will be allowed during the same time, it said.
Bemetara District Collector Shiv Anant Tayal issued a similar order.
