After surfacing of two new COVID-19 positive cases, the Dehradun district magistrate Ashish Kumar Shrivastava has declared Azad Colony as a containment zone with full lockdown in force. Under the Uttarakhand Epidemic Disease COVID-19 Regulation 2020, that area of Azad Colony, ISBT which has Namdev Colony to the east, Muni Chowk to the west, the children cremation ground to the north and Turner Road to the south has been declared as containment zone and it will remain under the complete lockdown for at least next 14 days, said Shrivastava. All the officers concerned have been directed to provide all the necessary amenities including ration supplies and sanitation services to the locals during the lockdown.
Meanwhile, the district administration is making the ration supplies and other necessary items like vegetables, fruits, milk and cooking gas cylinders available in other sealed areas like Bhagat Singh Colony and Muslim Colony near Lakkhibagh through mobile vans.
