Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, September 7
Taking note of suggestions from various MLAs in Congress and the council of medical experts, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced on Monday some relaxations in the closure of urban areas, including the opening of non-essential stores on Saturdays and the relaxation in your schedule from Monday to Saturday until 9:00 p.m.
The night curfew will be in effect in all cities and towns from 9.30 p.m. to 5 a.m., according to the revised decision.
Hotels and restaurants will be able to remain open every day, including Sundays, until 9 p.m., after which home delivery of food will be allowed, per revised guidelines.
It has also been decided to align the opening of non-essential stores in Mohali with the rest of the tricity (namely Chandigarh and Panchkula), said the Chief Minister.
The decisions were announced by the Chief Minister during his second round of virtual meeting with the MLA of the Punjab Congress to discuss the Covid situation. Amarinder told the meeting that Dr. KK Talwar, who heads the state government think tank on Covid, had recommended easing these relaxations with due precautions.
In response to complaints from merchants receiving inflated bills despite the fact that their stores had been closed for a long time, the Chief Minister directed the electricity department not to charge the average bills from the previous year but to send the actual bills.
Amarinder also announced cash compensation of Rs 1,500 for construction workers who test positive or whose immediate family has tested positive and have to be quarantined.
He called on MLAs in Congress to lead the distribution of free food packages to poor patients who have tested positive so that they can have enough ration for at least 7 to 10 days during home isolation.
During the meeting, the CM ordered the MLAs and Ministers to aggressively counter the negative propaganda that is spreading by certain antisocial and AAP elements about Covid testing and organ harvesting.
Stating that his government will not tolerate anti-Punjab and anti-Punjab propaganda, the Chief Minister said that he had asked the police to crack down on these elements.
People should be encouraged to identify the mischief makers and report it to the police, he said, adding that they should be told that oximeters are not a substitute for testing and that the delay in testing is causing a increase in deaths. Oximeters can only help by guiding a person to seek admission to hospital when oxygen saturation levels drop, he said, adding that his government is procuring an additional 50,000 oximeters to be delivered to health personnel and Asha workers. , as well as part of the home. isolation patients.
