To strictly enforce the coronavirus lockdown district administration warned the public to stay home or face arrest. The police have initiated another step to prevent people from coming out unnecessarily, breaking the lockdown norms, used drone cameras to capture visuals of people coming out from their homes and book cases against them.
Bokaro police had put into practice use of drone cameras to detect the gathering and disperse them. “Drone cameras will operate over Chas and other areas in Bokaro city and based on the video clippings captured, action will be initiated,” Police said.
Meanwhile, Vehicle check-up has been intensified. In the course of the checking, several vehicles were seized and fine were imposed.
During checking District Transport Officer Santosh Kumar Garg today seized an ambulance at Ram Mandir Chowk, Sector-1 for illegally carrying passengers through an ambulance.
Deputy Commissioner Bokaro Mukesh Kumar stressed that unless you are a key worker or helping someone vulnerable, the only reasons to go outside are to go shopping for essentials, exercise once a day or fulfil any medical needs.
Appealing to mass to stay indoors and follow the lockdown strictly to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Kumar said people should venture out only in cases of emergency and to purchase essential commodities. “They should return home as soon as the purchase is done and not linger on roads,” he added.
“Police can now arrest anyone found outside without good reason,” he said.
To prevent and spread the infection of coronavirus all government and non-government offices, all shops, all panchayat buildings, all community buildings, street, all markets were instructed to sanitize across the district. A directive has been issued to the concerned official, he said.
Following the directive the roads leading to Comp-2 including the Superintendent of Police Office, NIC Office, Sadar Hospital, Bokaro General Hospital, Chandrapura Block Office, Sub Health Center Pipradih, all streets of Pipradih and Chatniabagi villages were sanitized, informed an official.
Notably, six cases have been found COVID-19 positive in the district, one of which has died on Wednesday night, said an official.