The Gurugram district administration has made it compulsory for residents of the district to wear face masks while stepping out of their house.
Violating the instruction may attract legal action under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). If anyone without wearing masks on roads or any other public places.
“Wearing masks is compulsory even while travelling in personal or government vehicles. The violators will be booked under Section of 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC),” read the orders.
As per the guidelines issued on Thursday, the 3 km area from the houses of corona infected persons will be declared as containment zones.
The SDM of the areas will decide the area of containment zones. They will be assisted by area ACP and SHO of Gurugram police.
"It is applicable for every citizen, government officials and any other employees associated with essential services. It is also applicable to motorists too while driving private or government vehicles. Also, government officials should also wear face masks on the ground. They will be not allowed in meetings if they would not wear proper face masks," said Amit Khatri, the district magistrate of Gurugram.
It is pertinent to mention that several states have made it mandatory for people to wear masks in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Gurgaon is among the worst-affected districts in the state with 32 COVID-19 cases besides Nuh with 38 cases, Palwal with 28 and Faridabad with 28 cases.
In the Gurugram district out of 32 positive cases, 12 corona infected patients have been discharged now and 20 are admitted in different hospitals.
As a preventive measure, the district administration has already declared 9 areas as containment zones in the wake of the fast-spreading coronavirus.
The nine areas include Sector-9, Sector-54/Nirvana Country, Palam Vihar, Emar Palm Gardens Sector-83, Laburnum Society, and Sector-39. Besides, three villages namely Fazilpur Jharsa, Ward Number 11 Pataudi and Village Raipur Sohna where corona infected patients are found.