Paan shops, civic centres to remain closed for public till 31st March: AMC
March 20, 2020
Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has taken a decision to shut down all paan shops from today till March 31st. According to municipal commissioner, all shops/cabins selling paan, masala will be shut down by the evening today. A related order will be issued shortly.
All civic centre/complain centre and Aadhar centres will also remain shut till March 31.
Spitting in public will attract Rs. 1,000 fine instead of Rs. 500 from Monday onward.
All parks and gardens will remain closed for public on Sunday. Food streets, Gujri Bazar, BRTS and city bus services will also remain closed on upcoming Sunday during ‘Janta curfew’.
Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra said, 7 persons are caught for breach of home quarantine orders. They are taken to AMC controlled quarantine facility in Sola.
He said AMC supplies masks and sanitizers for free of cost to houses where home quarantined people live.
If in some case, entire family agrees to adopt voluntary home quarantine, the AMC is ready to supply every essential item, be it grocery, milk, vegetables to that home, Nehra said.
Nehra said AMC has appointed one dedicated staffer to supervise each home quarantined person in order to ensure that home quarantine order is not breached.
Ahmedabad has now presence of two confirm coronavirus positive cases.
DeshGujarat
Related Stories
Ahmedabad under partial lockdown; City police commissioner warns action against offenders
13 Coronavirus positive cases in Gujarat; 12 of them foreign returned, 1200-bed facility in Ahmedabad for Coronavirus treatment
Malls, gardens, weekly haats closed in Surat; parks, gardens, children playgrounds closed in Rajkot
Two positive cases of Coronavirus in Gujarat, one each in Rajkot and Surat, both have history of recent foreign travel
Auditoriums, amusement parks, party plots, marriage halls, cubs, game zones ordered to shut across Gujarat
Wuhan Coronavirus: Isolation facility created at Sports Club in Ahmedabad
Recent Stories
- IPL 2021 schedule: 12 of 52 matches including final to be played at Narendra Modi stadium in Gujarat
- Late Mohan Delkar's son meets CR Patil in Surat
- Online booking begins for five T20 cricket matches at Narendra Modi stadium
- Nita Mukesh Ambani launches ‘Her Circle’ digital platform for women
- Steep rise of daily new Covid19 cases in Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat ,TN
- Emergency landing of Army chopper in rural Kheda
- Health official in Dehgam tests Covid positive just after second dose
- PM addresses the valedictory session of the Combined Commanders Conference at Kevadia, Gujarat