After a Delhi pizza delivery boy was tested positive for coronavirus and 72 families quarantined, Ludhiana Administration on Thursday decided to bring to a halt all home delivery services of food establishments to curb the spread of coronavirus.
Ludhiana Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Pradeep Agarwal said: “The permissions regarding food preparation establishments given earlier only for home delivery, were on an experimental basis and for a limited duration of time.”
“Now, in an alarming situation arising due to coronavirus across the country and the risks attached to food contamination, it has been decided to stop all the operations of food establishments till further orders,” he added.
Meanwhile, all the permissions stood cancelled with immediate effect, and any establishment, if found providing home delivery, would be held responsible for violating the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and Disaster Management Act,2005.