COVID-19: Jammu shuts as precautionary measure

Jammu city and its adjoining areas wore deserted look on Friday as people stayed indoors while as business establishments remained shut. The public transport was off the roads.

The district magistrate Jammu had issued an order for strictrestriction in the city. The old city markets, which usually remain abuzz withcustomers was completely shut, excluding medicine shops.

   

People preferred distancing from each other, and parentsalso kept their children indoors.

All big shopping malls, restaurants and eateries were shut.People also cancelled social gatherings as a precautionary measure to preventspread of infections.

Under the district magistrate’s order, all modes of publictransport including buses, mini-buses will cease to ply in Jammu except SRTCbuses which shall only play on 14 specified routes within municipal limits ofthe city, its outskirts and Bari Brahmana.

Auto-rickshaw and taxis have also been permitted to ply acondition that they would ferry not more than three passengers.  

However, in the city outskirts, there was less impact of therestrictions, though police at many places was seen enforcing directions fromthe administration.

An official said there was no restriction on operation offlights at Jammu airport. However, passengers arriving from Leh and Ladakh werebeing quarantined for 15 days as safety measure. Other passengers are beingchecked properly to ensure that they have no symptoms, said an official, addingshops inside the airport were also closed.

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