Amid a sharp rise in corona cases and fatalities, a lockdown was declared on Friday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district. It will begin at 6 am on April 18 and end at the midnight of April 27.
The district's boundary will be sealed and only essential services will be allowed during the lockdown, Collector Deepak Soni said in an order.
Medical shops and petrol pumps will function with conditional restrictions and only movement of medical emergencies will be allowed.
Petrol pumps will be open only for ambulances, ATM vans, medical vehicles, media personnel and press related vehicles as well as vehicles from other states.
Milk parlours will operate between 6 and 8 am and 5 to 6.30 pm. Newspaper delivery will be allowed during the same time, the orders said.
All shops, vegetable vends, provision stores, liquor shops, commercial and departmental zones, temples and tourism sites will be shut.
All Central, state government, semi government and private offices as well as banks will be closed. Telecom, sanitization, water supply, maintenance and health departments will work.
Dantewada is among 22 districts where lockdown has been imposed amid a surge in Covid-19 cases and fatalities in the state.
On Thursday, 15,256 people detected Corona positive in Chhattisgarh and 105 patients died.
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