Aurangabad COVID19
COVID: Aurangabad to impose Sec 144 from Mar 19
Aurangabad/UNI: As Aurangabad faces a surge in COVID cases, the district administration on Wednesday announced prohibitory orders, which will come into effect from March 19.
Elaborating further, Collector Sunil Chavan and city police chief Nikhil Gupta jointly stated that section 144 will be enforced from 2000 hrs to 0500 hrs till April 4.
During this time, not more than four people will be allowed to gather at one place, they said, adding that the violators will be prosecuted under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
Essential services, including dairies and grocery shops, media persons, petrol pumps, gas stations, banks, postal services, private transport, construction, factory operations are exempt from the order.
This promulgation comes a week after partial lockdown was imposed during weekdays from March 11 while the weekends have had more stringent lockdown.
So far, Aurangabad has recorded over 60,000 cases, with 1,351 deaths.
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