The market committees of Nilgiri town have adopted self-resections from Thursday for month of October beginning in view of spiking of Covid 19 cases in the area. As per the decisions, the markets will function till 1 pm and there will be a shutdown on every Saturday and Sunday.
In fact , after a spurt of Covid 19 positive cases was witnessed, the initial decision of the local administration was to declare Sanaota area as a containment zone and accordingly preparations were made . However, it was felt that by declaring Sanaota as a containment zone , half of the town would be affected. Therefore , the market committees decided to impose self restriction for the shops and establishments under Nilgiri town for the month of October . The essential services including medicine stores and milk booths were exempted from the restrictions.
Similarly, the market committees in Soro town too have decided to observe a four-day shutdown from Thursday and on all Saturdays and Sundays the shops would be open till 2 pm. In all other working days the market activities will be operational till 9 pm.
Meanwhile, total 7,694 Covid positive cases in the district including 94 on Thursday, have been reported and number of death was 35, while about 6,250 patients have recovered from the disease.