Amid a spike in Corona cases and fatalities in Chhattisgarh, lockdowns were announced on Sunday in Surguja, Surajpur, Gariaband, Janjgir-Champa and Bilaspur districts.
The lockdown will be imposed in Surguja, Surajpur, Gariaband and Janjgir-Champa from April 13 to April 23 and in Bilaspur from April 14 to 21.
The district boundary will be sealed and only essential services will be allowed during the lockdown, said identical orders from Collectors Sanjeev Kumar Jha (Surguja), Ranbir Sharma (Surajpur), Nileshkumar Kshirsagar (Gariaband), Yashwant Kumar (Janjgir-Champa) and Dr Saransh Mittar (Bilaspur).
Medical shops and petrol pumps will function with conditional restrictions and only movement of medical emergencies will be allowed.
Petrol pumps will be open only for ambulances, ATM vans, medical vehicles, media personnel and press related vehicles as well as vehicles from other states.Milk parlours will operate between 6-8 am and 5-6.30 pm. Newspaper delivery will be allowed during the same time, the orders said.
All shops, vegetable vends, provision stores, liquor shops, commercial and departmental zones, temples and tourism sites will be shut.
All Central, state government, semi government and private offices as well as banks will be closed. Telecom, sanitization, water supply, maintenance and health departments will work.
On Saturday, 14,098 new coronavirus cases were detected and 97 patients died in Chhattisgarh.
