Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from Chandigarh.
* Update at 11.13am: Second day of wheat procurement at Barnala grain market in Punjab
*Ludhiana deputy commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal informed that no new positive case of Covid-19 has been reported in the district in last three days time
*The UT administration has decided to name and shame VIP violators who go for morning and evening walks during the curfew imposed to stem the spread of new coronavirus.
* Update by PTI at 9.31am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 414 in country; cases climb to 12,380, reports PTI quoting health ministry
* Update by ANI at 9.16am: Punjab: Police in Amritsar is counselling to people who are violating Covid-19 lockdown. "We made such people realise that what they are doing is wrong. We made them understand that how this can spread coronavirus. We are doing this on every checkpost,"says HS Randhawa, SP
*The announcement of the extension in the lockdown has flooded the helpline of the railways with queries related to refunds and booking of tickets.
*Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, has said the government must provide safe modes of travel to the migrants to go back home during lockdown.
*Vacating four hostels of the south campus to convert them into isolated wards will be a tough task for the authorities of Panjab University.
*To check Covid-19 transmission, Himachal Pradesh government has prohibited spitting in public places with immediate effect. Those failing to comply with the orders will be booked under the Epidemic Disease Act 1897 and sections of the Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedures.
* Update at 11.13am: Second day of wheat procurement at Barnala grain market in Punjab
Second day of wheat procurement at Barnala grain market in Punjab#CautionYesPanicNo #CoronavirusOutbreak… https://t.co/azoLTwyHDK
— TOIChandigarh (@TOIChandigarh) 1587015827000*Ludhiana deputy commissioner Pradeep Kumar Agrawal informed that no new positive case of Covid-19 has been reported in the district in last three days time
*The UT administration has decided to name and shame VIP violators who go for morning and evening walks during the curfew imposed to stem the spread of new coronavirus.
* Update by PTI at 9.31am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 414 in country; cases climb to 12,380, reports PTI quoting health ministry
* Update by ANI at 9.16am: Punjab: Police in Amritsar is counselling to people who are violating Covid-19 lockdown. "We made such people realise that what they are doing is wrong. We made them understand that how this can spread coronavirus. We are doing this on every checkpost,"says HS Randhawa, SP
*The announcement of the extension in the lockdown has flooded the helpline of the railways with queries related to refunds and booking of tickets.
*Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, has said the government must provide safe modes of travel to the migrants to go back home during lockdown.
*Vacating four hostels of the south campus to convert them into isolated wards will be a tough task for the authorities of Panjab University.
*To check Covid-19 transmission, Himachal Pradesh government has prohibited spitting in public places with immediate effect. Those failing to comply with the orders will be booked under the Epidemic Disease Act 1897 and sections of the Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedures.
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