A rumour over social media platforms about re imposition of lockdown in the State went viral on Wednesday. To counter this mischief the office of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to issue a Statement that the Government has no plan to impose lockdown in the State.
A message started circulating in the social media platforms on Wednesday afternoon which state that in view of sudden spurt in the number of novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases the state government could impose lockdown from July 16 to 31.
It claimed that CM convened a meeting of chief secretary, home secretary and senior officers of many departments and has taken a decision to impose a complete lockdown in the state to contain the spread of Covid-19.
It also said that the home department would issue a notification for the lockdown. This information spread like wildfire and people started calling newspaper offices and administration to confirm it. To put the speculations to rest, the office of CM issued a note in which it was made clear that there is no plan to impose lockdown in the state.
Taking a serious note of the false information and rumour mongers the CM directed the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dehradun to identify those who generated and circulated the false and mischievous information.