The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Thursday stepped up its efforts to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown and sealed two shops for breaching the rules at Udit Nagar here.
The shops sealed are Dayal Enterprisers in Kacheri Road and Govind Entreprises at Bisra Dahar Road.
Tipped off, five teams of the RMC along with police conducted raid and found the two shops selling items like tobacco and soft drinks despite the lockdown order issued by the Government.
During the raid, the enforcement team seized a huge cache of cigarettes, tobaccos and soft drinks worth around Rs 1.50 lakh. The RMC slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on the shop owners and set on fire the seized items.
Similar raids were also carried out simultaneously at the Daily Market, Traffic Gate and Madhusudan Marg to take action against the violators. The officials also sealed a jewellery shop on charges of selling cold drinks inside the shop.
The raid on shops violating the lockdown guidelines would continue in the upcoming days, an official said.