The Ganjam district administration on Friday sealed 22 shops, including two large malls, and collected over a lakh of rupees from them for violating Covid-19 guidelines and 5T rules in the BeMC and the Gopalpur NAC areas.
Teams of officers comprising Brahmapur Sub-Collector Kirti Vashan, Tehasildar S Patra and SDM Sweta Kumar Dash conducted raids at different locations and took the action.
During raids it was found that there was a huge rush of customers at the V2 shopping mall at Old Bus Stand but social distancing and mask wearing norms were not maintained by them. Similar was the situation at the Vishal Mega Mart at the Church Road. Dr Das sealed the two malls in the interest of public.
As per the directives of the district Collector Vijaya Amrut Kulange, such raids are being collected in the city on a regular basis.
