Deploy CRPF in Satranjipura, Itwari: Pande

Proshun Chakraborty | TNN | Apr 28, 2020, 04:22 IST

Nagpur: With 67 Covid-19 positive cases being reported from prabhag number 21, independent corporator from the area Abha Pande has demanded deployment of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) there. She also submitted a memorandum in this regard to district collector Ravindra Thakare.
“As the area has already been declared a corona hotspot, hundreds from this part of the city have been quarantined,” Pande told the collector.
Earlier, east Nagpur MLA Krishna Khopde had demanded deployment of army to enforce lockdown there. The prabhag covers areas such as Itwari, Satranjipura and Shanti Nagar.
Apart from shops dealing with essential commodities, many other stores are functioning brazenly. “Closing down such shops, the administration should also regularize timings of opening of shops dealing in essential commodities. Despite the areas falling under the city police commissionerate, there is brazen violation of lockdown and it can be witnessed most of the day,” she said.
“Some discipline of lockdown needs to be enforced here or it will be mayhem. Deployment of CRPF could bring some discipline and will help in curbing further spread of Covid-19,” she said.
The senior corporator also demanded personal protective equipment (PPE) kits for health and Asha workers working in containment zone.
City activists of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena too raised the issue and submitted a memorandum to state home minister Anil Deshmukh and district guardian minister Nitin Raut among others. “Itwari being the commercial hub of the city, lockdown needs to be enforced strictly and only central paramilitary force can do this,” said MNS city coordinator Hemant Gadkari.