Jammu: District
Magistrate, Jammu, Sushma Chauhan, today ordered Weekend Lockdown from July 24,
2020 to prevent any further spike in the COVID cases in the district.
The order issued by District
Magistrate vide powers conferred upon her under section 144 of CrPC read with
section 34 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, states that “There shall be
complete restriction on movement of individuals, vehicles and all activities
within the entire jurisdiction of district Jammu, except the movement for
emergency medical requirements, from 6 pm on all Fridays till 6 am on all
Mondays, beginning from the Friday falling on 24/7/2020.”
As per the order no pass etc.
shall be required for the movement for emergency medical requirements.
The order reads that “Based on wider consultation with
the Chief Medical Officer, Sr. Epidemiologists and other health professionals,
it has been felt that stricter social distancing norms during the week days and
strict lockdown during weekends need to be followed to prevent any further
spike in the COVID cases.”
The order also contain certain
directions stating that only local
Chemist, fruits, vegetables and dairy shops can remain accessible for community
needs.
The passengers coming out from
and going to the Airport/Railway station shall be permitted to move on
production of tickets. The staff deployed at Airport/Railway station (public
officials and belonging to Airlines) shall be allowed to move on production of
valid ID proof.
The government employees of
essential services’ departments (including Medical Services) or such other
departments as required by government shall be permitted to move on production
of ID proofs. No kind of curfew pass
etc., shall be issued and there shall be no restriction on the movement of
goods carriers/Oil/LPG tankers.
“Any violation of this order shall invite
punitive action under section 188 of Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions
of the Disaster Management Act, 2005” the order states further.
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