Much before the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to observe ‘Janata Curfew’ on Sunday, Sambalpur city witnessed a similar situation with crowded places looking almost empty. People preferred to stay home and not join crowd like before.
The situation in the roads and markets spoke volumes of the fear and the alertness of the people to beat the menace. The road from GM University to Court (Kacheri Chowk) that hardly remains free during any part of the day, bore a deserted look all through the day.
Similar was the situation in most of the daily markets like Gole Bazar, Professor Colony, Ainthapali, Dhanupali and other places. People’s awareness or fear apart, the district administration and Health Department had also taken all precautionary measures to control the situation. Fortunately, no one here was found to the Corona positive so far.
Those who were admitted in VIMSAR, Burla were given clean chits as their blood samples were found to be negative.
“But hospital authorities are ready to face any challenge with isolated wards in ICU and ventilators,” informed Sambalpur Collector Subham Saxena. At the same time the district administration, in the meanwhile, had closed all saloons, spas, gyms, beauty parlours etc to stop contamination of the disease. Further, it had released emergency numbers like 1077, 0663-2412087, 0663 -2533405 where common people or the persons with corona symptoms could call to inform their health related problems.
“Persons who have returned from abroad should register their names and call 104 for further action,” a Press release from the district administration stated.