Home delivery of monthly rations to 1.60 lakh households inSrinagar will start on March 28 to ensure that the 12.5 lakh city residentsstay indoors in the wake of 21-day coronavirus lockdown in the country.
Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary saidthat under strict safety protocol, officials of the departments of publicdistribution, agriculture, police, magistrates, Municipal Corporation and roadtransport corporation will start home delivery of rations to 1.6 lakh familiesfrom March 28.
He also made another fervent appeal to citizens to remainindoors, pointing out that the number of coronavirus positive cases wasprobably more than those tested positive so far.