Raipur: In view of increasing cases of Coronavirus infection in Chhattisgarh, Raipur district administration has decided to impose a lockdown from 21 September to 28 September. Senior state officials said on Saturday that Raipur district officer S Bharti Dasan has issued an order declaring Raipur district as a contested zone.
The order has been issued from September 21 at 9 pm to midnight on the 28th. There has been a rapid increase in cases of corona virus infection in Chhattisgarh. There are more than 26 thousand cases in Raipur city. At the same time, nine hundred thousand cases are coming up every day. Officials pointed out that the number of infected patients has been steadily increasing, despite continued efforts to prevent the corona virus from judgment.
In such a situation, it has become necessary to declare the entire Raipur district as an inaccessible area to prevent the corona virus and break its chain. According to the order, all the boundaries of Raipur district will remain completely closed during this period. During this period only the medical store will be allowed to open within its stipulated time. Patients and medical store operators will give priority to the delivery of medicines at home. on
Petrol will be provided by troll pump operators only to government vehicles and vehicles used in government work, private vehicles / ambulances related to medical emergencies and vehicles used in LPG transport work. In unavoidable circumstances, travelers going elsewhere from Raipur district will be required to obtain prior permission through e-pass.
Officials said that apart from Raipur, lockdown has been imposed in other urban areas of the state. Among them, there will be lockdown in Bilaspur city from the morning of 22 September to mid night of 28 September and in the other six urban areas including Durg and Bhilai from 20 to 30 September. With this, the lockdown has been declared in the entire Ambikapur Municipal Corporation area of Sarguja district from September 21 to September 28 midnight.
