Bihar: Four-day lockdown in Bhagalpur from Thursday

BHAGALPUR: With sharp increase in number of Covid-19 cases, Bhagalpur district magistrate Pranav Kumar has issued orders for four-day lockdown from Thursday, barring essential services.
The step has been initiated in the backdrop of violation of norms issued by the central and state governments by the common people.
In a high-level meeting held with the district and police officials on Tuesday evening, the DM ordered to restrict public activities in areas falling under the Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC), Sultanganj Nagar Parishad, Nagar panchayat of Kahalgaon and Naugachia from 6.00 am of July 9 to July 13.
According to health department statistics, the total number of corona patients rose to 666, while the number of patients cured are 437 and five deaths have been reported so far in the district. Meanwhile on July 8, the number of new cases reported are 50. At present there are 138 containment zones in the district.
The DM also directed the heads of all the government offices to ensure working with minimum number of office personnel or staff.
Essential services like government offices, banks, ATMs, medicine shops, kirana shops, milk booths, fruit shops etc have been exempted from the lockdown, whereas four wheelers and two wheelers can be used only if they have the required permission from the district authorities.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries (EBCCI) has also decided to close the business establishments by 5 pm.