In view of the surge in coronavirus infections, the Chandigarh Administration has written to both the Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Haryana to impose weekend curfew in tri-city. UT Administration is planning to impose total curfew on weekends from 7:00 PM on Friday to 6:00 AM on Monday. Final decision in this regard will be taken on Wednesday.
During the daily review meeting on Monday a view emerged that since there is lack of adequate compliance about social distancing and mask wearing, there is no option but to go for total curfew in the weekends in the entire tri-city. This has become unavoidable to break the chain and arrest the sudden surge in the cases in tri-city.
UT Adviser Manoj Parida has written to both the Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Haryana to agree to UT’s proposal for curfew in the tri-city during weekend, since weekend curfew only in Chandigarh will not be effective, unless it is simultaneously imposed in Mohali and Panchkula.
Punjab governor and UT administrator VPS Badnore, in the daily review meeting on Monday stated that there should be more strictness in checking, mask wearing and social distancing among people in public places, such as parks, Sukhna Lake, markets etc.
He directed DGP to conduct more flag marches in various colonies and sectors to create awareness among people regarding precautions to be taken against covid. He also directed that security in various hospitals should be tightened, so that the health workers feel fear-free.
Over the past few weeks, the city has seen a spike in cases coming from across the city rather than a few areas, as was the case earlier. Besides, nearly 50% of the recent cases comprise visitors to the city or their contacts.
