In view of the violation of Dehradun district administration's orders to keep all the shops shut on a weekly closure except those providing essential services to contain Covid-19, the Dehradun district magistrate has directed sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) and city magistrate to ensure the proper implementation of this order.
According to DM Ashish Kumar Srivastava, only essential services like petrol pumps, medical stores, vegetables and fruits shops, and dairies are allowed to operate on the day of the weekly closure but the administration has noticed that many shops operate even on weekly closure in some marketplaces of the district. Srivastava said that everyone in the district will have to abide by the orders of weekly closure. The officials also informed that the days for weekly closure were predetermined in various marketplaces and areas of the district already. They further informed that the administration will take action against those who will not keep their shops closed on weekly closure under the Uttarakhand Epidemic Diseases Covid-19 Regulations 2020.