Ahmedabad lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Panchkuva Darwaja in Ahmedabad wears a deserted look amid lockdown (file photo)
Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from your city.
*Cops, paramilitary forces to enforce curfew in Ahmedabad
*Cops may use force for check-ups, says Gujarat DGP
*Ahmedabad doctors to get PPE kits
* Update at 10.46am: 56 new Covid-19 cases reported in Gujarat, the state's count rises to 695.
* Update at 10.42am: Cyber volunteers to help Guj police check rumours on Covid-19, reports PTI
* Update at 10.13am: Grocery stores, fruit, vegetables shops or carts, milk booths, poultry, meat and fish shops to remain open during lockdown: MHA
* Update at 10.11am: Wearing of masks compulsory in public places across the country in wake of Covid-19 situation: MHA
* Update at 10.04am: Shops of farm machinery, its spare parts, supply chain, repairs, custom hiring centres related to machinery to remain open from Apr 20: MHA
* Update at 9.58am: From April 20 activities permitted include agricultural, horticultural, farming, procurement of agri products, 'mandis': MHA guidelines (PTI)
* Update at 9.53am: Educational institutions, coaching centres, domestic, international air travel, train services to remain suspended till May 3: MHA guidelines
* Update at 9.34am: Death toll due to Covid-19 in India touches 377; number of cases rise to 11,439, reports PTI quoting health ministry.
*Surat rural police took out awareness drive with animals, in tribal area of Mandvi in Surat district on Tuesday.

*A 13-year-old girl became the youngest Covid-19 casualty in Vadodara that registered two deaths on Tuesday.
*Nearly 1,000 migrant workers took to the streets in Mohan Nagar Chawl in Varachha area of Surat on Tuesday demanding that they be allowed to return to their native states.
*Supply chain disrupted in Ahmedabad by lockdown, prices of pulses up 15%
*Dariapur, in the grip of Covid-19, was a Spanish flu hotspot too
*In Gujarat, only women will be allowed to step out to buy essentials and medicines daily from 1pm to 4pm.
*Covid-19 death toll in Gujarat reaches 28
Of the total 78 new cases, 53 were detected in Ahmedabad. Two more deaths were recorded, taking the death toll to 28.
*Congress MLA tests coronavirus positive hours after meeting Gujarat CM and deputy CM
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