Srinagar: District administration on Monday ordered the imposition of “corona curfew” in five wards of Srinagar.
As per an order by deputy commissioner Srinagar Mohammad Aijaz which comes into effect immediately, the administrative wards include 11 (Lal Bazar), 32 (Hyderpora), 31 (Chanapora), 27 (Bemina Hamdania Colony) and 24 (Bemina Housing Colony). The areas in Lal Bazar include Bota Kadal, Umer Colony, Bhagwan Pora, Moulvi Stop and Mill Stop.
Similarly in Hyderpora, it includes Shah Anwar Colony, Green Avenue Colony and Noorani Colony (Peer Bagh) while Chanapora areas include Hamdania Colony, Tawheed Abad Colony, Mathan and in Bemina include Hamdania Colony, Bilal Colony and SDA Colony.
“There has been a steep rise in Covid positive cases in District Srinagar in the last 17 days which needs interventional and effective measures,” the deputy commissioner said.
He said the identified hotspots have been declared Micro Containment Zones vide various orders in order to check the spread of the disease.
“Certain measures, u/s 144 CrPC were in place for containment of spread of Coronavirus, largely aimed at prohibition on public gathering and movement of public transport,” he said, adding, “it has observed that around 63% of the daily positive cases during these days have been detected from few particular areas.”
The above measures have not led to a significant decline in the number of cases and more stringent measures are needed to ensure that the infection does not spread exponentially, he said.
“The strict containment measures are also required in order to ensure the safety of the General Public and to prevent transmission of Covid-19 to other parts of District Srinagar,” he said, adding “the situation has been reviewed and after obtaining feedback from the stakeholder agencies it has been felt expedient to put in place reasonable restrictions to minimize the chances of public gatherings and eliminate the epidemic spread chain in every form.”
Subsequently, he ordered the corona curfew for ten days. “The order shall be in force w.e.f 12:00AM of 09-November-2021.”
As per the permissible activities all essential services including all incidental services and activities needed for smooth functioning of these activities shall be allowed to continue, both in the public and private sector. “Standalone grocery/ vegetable/ meat/ milk shops may also remain open and functional to ensure provisioning of essential supplies from 7:00Am to 11:00AM only.”
There will be no hindrance to the smooth movement of goods and essential supplies, the order, a copy of which lies with GNS, reads further.
There shall be no restriction on the movement of Government Officials for attending office/ duties, on production of I-Cards/ Official Orders.
“All development/ construction works shall be allowed to continue without any hindrance,” the order reads, adding, “The vaccination drive shall not be halted. Localized mobile teams shall be constituted to provide vaccination in colonies, residential areas and containment zones.”
As per order there shall be a 24 hour complete ‘Corona’ curfew with no movement of people except for permissible activities only. “All Educational institutions shall remain closed,” the order reads, adding, “All Shopping Complexes, Bazaars, Saloons, Barber Shops, Cinema Halls, Restaurants, Sport Complexes, Gyms, Spas, Swimming Pools, Parks, Zoos, etc, if any shall remain closed.”
No social gatherings or functions whether indoors or outdoors shall be allowed. “The permitted
ceiling for marriage shall be restricted to 20 persons only. The gathering at funerals shall be limited to 10 persons only.”
There will be no ingress and egress of the public permitted in these areas except in case of Medical exigencies, the order added. (GNS)
