Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered shutdown of all establishments and services except essential commodities and services in the UT of Jammu & Kashmir till March 31.
In this context, the government has directed deputy commissioners of all the districts to issues orders under section 144 of CrPC to ban the assembly of people, underling that it is necessary to enforce social distancing—preventing and minimizing close contact between people.
“Deputy Commissioners/District Magistrates shall issue orders under Section 144 Cr PC and also under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (both Acts) to shutdown all establishments except these providing essential commodities in their districts from Sunday 22 March (08 00 PM) till Tuesday the 31 March 2020 (06 00 PM),” reads an order by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam
