Pune: Stringent measures in hotspots up to May 3

Asseem Shaikh | TNN | Updated: May 1, 2020, 06:12 IST

Only milk and medicine stores will remain open in affected areas

PUNE: All shops selling essential commodities, barring milk and medical stores, will remain closed in all areas under the jurisdiction of Samarth, Khadak and Faraskhana police stations, and certain parts of seven other police stations from Friday till Sunday.
Medical stores and milk shops will remain open in these areas between 10am and noon. Home delivery of milk will be allowed between 6am and 10am.
All shops selling essential commodities like grocery, vegetables, fruits, mutton, chicken and eggs will be shut between 6am on May 1 and till midnight of May 3. Home delivery of essential commodities will not be allowed in the areas.
Pune police’s joint commissioner Ravindra Shisve on Thursday issued an order under section 144 (1) (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code imposing additional restrictions in these areas declared as containment zones.
Shisve said the additional restrictions were imposed because of a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in these areas.
Certain areas come under the jurisdiction of Swargate, Cantonment, Bundgarden, Sahakarnagar, Dattawadi, Yerawada and Khadki police stations.
As per the earlier orders issued by Shisve, shops selling essential commodities under the limits of 20 other police stations will remain open between 10am and 2pm.