Enforce lockdown more strictly: Maha Dy CM to Pune officials
Apr 18, 2020, 22:14 IST
Pune, Apr 18 () Maharashtra Deputy Chief MinisterAjit Pawar on Saturday directed the Pune administration toenforce the lockdown for the coronavirus outbreak morestrictly over the next eight days.
Pune city and neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad municipallimits have seen over 550 COVID-19 cases.
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PMC Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad, who was present atthe meeting chaired by Pawar, said, in the next eight days,the restrictions in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad will be evenmore stringent.
"The state government's decision to resume someindustrial and commercial activities from April 20 will not beapplicable to Pune city and PCMC which are red zones," hesaid.
He added that PMC health officials will also take atleastseven days to complete the house to house screening.
An official said there may be some relaxation fromlockdown norms in rural parts of the district as pergovernment guidelines, though a call is yet to be taken onresumption of industrial activities in MIDC. SPKBNM BNM(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)