With 900 to 1,000 Covid cases detected daily in the Chhattisgarh capital, the administration has announced a crippling lockdown in the entire Raipur district from September 21.
“The lockdown will come into effect on September 21 (at) 9:00 pm and conclude on September 28 at 12 in the night. Entire Raipur district is hereby declared a containment zone,” District Collector S. Bharti Dasan said in his order.
By September 19, more than 26,000 Covid-19 cases had been detected in Raipur. Every day about 900 to 1,000 cases are being detected. Under these circumstances, it is imperative to break the Covid chain, the Collector said.
Therefore, it is necessary to declare the entire Raipur a containment zone, the order said.
During the lockdown, petrol pumps will provide fuel only to government vehicles, private vehicles engaged in medical emergency and ambulances. Other vehicles will not get fuel.
Grocery and vegetable shops will be also closed. Inter-district border will be shut, the order said.
Industrial houses and construction units will have to make onsite residential arrangements for their laborers to run their units. Liquor shops will be suspended. All government and private offices will be shut.
Those who need to move out of the district will require an e-pass, the order said, adding that emergency services and government offices related to them will function.