Pune: Three-day shutdown in Wagholi

PUNE: The Wagholi gram panchayat on Saturday enforced a complete shutdown for three days to keep people at home.
All the shops, including vegetable and grocery outlets, will remain shut till Monday. Only medical stores and hospitals will remain open during the three-day shutdown.
Gram panchayat members said they had sought support from residents to execute the shutdown effectively, following a meeting on Friday. Sandip Satav, former deputy sarpanch of the panchayat, said, "Barring milk supply, hospitals and medicine shops, everything else was closed on Saturday."
Shivdas Ubale, former member of the gram panchayat, said, "We decided for the three-day closure to stop people from stepping out without valid reasons amid the lockdown."

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