Port Blair, Mar 25: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has called
for a nationwide lockdown for the next 21 days from the midnight of March 24,
in an effort to contain the COVID -19 pandemic. The National Disaster
Management Authority has issued the directions to all states/UTs to take
effective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and the National Disaster
management executive committee has issued guidelines to be observed during
these 21 days with directions for their strict implementation. It categorically
allows only the bare minimum of services and people to move outside their
homes, only for providing essential or emergency services.
As part of these measures, 1586 people who have
arrived from mainland have been put under mandatory isolation of 14 days. All
these people are hereby requested to cooperate fully and refrain from venturing
out of their houses or come in contact with people within their home. All the
houses under quarantine are being marked and the community is being involved in
ensuring that home quarantine is being complied with.
Special teams have been constituted by the Deputy
Commissioner, South Andaman for tracking all the people under home quarantine.
Any persons found violating their mandated quarantine are strictly being
proceeded against. On the 24th of March, legal action was taken against 03
persons found outside their homes. Further on the 25th of March, FIR was lodged
against 02 persons from Mithakhari village for the same violation
The general
public is also requested to maintain the lockdown and not leave houses until
absolutely necessary. Any person violating the containment measures will be
liable to be proceeded against as per the provisions of Section51-60 of the
disaster management act apart from legal action under Section 188 of the IPC.
Any irresponsible behavior poses a grave danger to community at large. As per
the provisions under section 51 b of the Disaster Management Act, refusal to
comply with any direction given by the authorities, resulting in loss of lives
or imminent danger, will attract punishment to the extent of imprisonment up to
2 years.
People are
requested to avoid visit to hospitals for minor ailments as services of
telephonic consultations have been made available by the health department. In
view of closure of all shops, a localized ward based doorstep delivery of basic
groceries was devised for PBMC which shall start from tomorrow onwards, duly
ensuring social distancing.
All the above measures are to minimize the need of
people to venture out of their homes.
Lastly, people have been urged to refrain from
spreading unverified rumors on social media as they jeopardize the efforts put
in for controlling the spread on Corona virus. Social media is an important
tool in the fight against this pandemic and its misuse may lead to grave
consequences for the society in general and invite penal provisions for the
sender.
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