Chief Secretary RK Tewari on Monday issued fresh directives to district magistrates and district police chiefs of 16 locked down districts through an 11-point circular on preventing the spread of coronavirus.
The circular has directed the top district officials to keep a close tab on persons who have returned from foreign lands in the last fortnight and ensure that they are kept in isolation and tested.
The district authorities have been asked to seek cooperation of village pradhans, aganwadi and ASHA workers in identifying such persons and use public address system to apprise people of the do’s and don’ts during the lockdown and that they should stay indoors.
They have also been asked to ensure that PDS shops had sanitisers and soaps for hand cleaning.
The chief secretary also asked officials to prevent assembly of five or more persons and prevent morning strolls in parks and streets.
They have been asked to launch a vigorous sanitation drive and prevent accumulation of garbage.
The officials have also been asked to ensure that employees of services exempted from lockdown do not face difficulty in reaching their workplaces. Also, officials have been directed to oversee that nurses and para medical staff are able to visit individual homes for providing medical services without hassles.
For ensuring availability of essential commodities to people, the officials have been directed to use carts and other medium for easy availability of milk, vegetables and other commodities in each mohalla/area.
To prevent black marketing of essential commodities and medicines, officials have been asked to monitor their prices and in case of over pricing, take deterrent action and apprise the secretary of Food and Civil Supplies of the action taken.