Eid-ul-Adha: SOPs at religious places must be followed in spirit, violation of SOPs can prove suicidal:- DC Srinagar

Eid-ul-Adha: SOPs at religious places must be followed in spirit, violation of SOPs can prove suicidal:- DC Srinagar

Press Trust of Kashmir | Srinagar : The district administration Srinagar on Thursday said that people must adhere to the Covid appropriate behavior and SOPs must be allowed at the religious places on the eve of Eid ul Azha

District Magistrate Srinagar Dr Aijaz Asad said that violation of Covid guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) amid the pandemic are suicidal, while stating that elaborate arrangements have been put in place ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

DC Srinagar said that the teams from the concerned departments have been constituted to ensure that the rates fixed by the government are adhered to and no other violation takes place anywhere across the district.

He said that there is a need to understand that virus doesn’t go for holidays, presuming it and doing away with the Covid guidelines will be suicidal.

People should not commit same mistake what they did after first wave as we can get again trapped so adherence to SOPs is must.

About the arrangements at shrines and Masjids for Eid prayers amid pandemic, he said Covid Appropriate behavior is must everyday. “Nobody will afford any violation in Covid Appropriate Behavior whether on festivals or on normal days,” he said.

He said that all arrangements have been put in place whether it is market checking, traffic and other facilities but people must take precautions so that we won’t get trapped again.(PTK).