To ensure that people stay indoors abiding by the lockdown guidelines, residents of Nuagaon village under Komna block in Nuapada district have taken a unique initiative setting an example for many others.
They have collectively decided to penalise those residents who would step out of their houses.
According to reports, the villagers recently held a meeting to discuss an effective way to combat the spread of coronavirus in the area. At the meeting, they unanimously decided that whoever in the locality found roaming outside without a valid reason would be fined Rs 1,000 and the collected money would be donated to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.
The locals have made posters of the lockdown rules and put them at every square of the village to make sure it is not missed by anyone in the area.