Strict lockdown likely in areas violating Covid SOP in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar

Strict lockdown likely in areas violating Covid SOP in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar

|File Photo Used |

SRINAGAR, SEP 20 (PTK): As new cases continue to rise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar city, officials said on Monday that strict lockdown will be imposed in areas where people continue to violate the COVID Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Srinagar District Magistrate (DM) Muhammad Ejaz Asad told reporters, “Some areas are continuously violating the Covid SOP. “We cannot afford to make the entire district hostile to violations being committed by a few sectors. “We are planning to impose a strict lockdown in these areas

The DM on Monday conducted a surprise inspection in Srinagar city, where he found several commercial establishments and some shops violating the SOP. “We have sealed these commercial establishments,” the DM sai

Srinagar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sandeep Choudhary accompanied the DM during the surprise visit. The SSP said that if people do not follow the SOP, then we will be forced to take strict actio

It should be recalled that out of 168 new Covid cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, 92 were reported from the Srinagar district. (PTK)