No relief to residents due to spike in corona cases in Kanpur

Anant Chandak | TNN | Updated: May 5, 2020, 14:52 IST

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KANPUR : District administration has not given any relief to the residents due to the surge in number of corona positive cases in the city. Neither any shop has been allowed to open nor any new industrial unit permitted to operate till further orders. Only those units would operate which are already operational. The industrial units in rural areas have however been permitted to run and open shops of essential commodities.
Construction work in the city has been allowed to begin at those sites only which are neither hotspots nor are in buffer zones, and where housing facility is existing. There is no bar in construction in rural areas
District magistrate Brahmdeo Ram Tiwari said that door-to-door home delivery would continue in the city. Vendors may sell items like vegetable, fruit and grocery in lanes with mandatory rule of social distancing, but the old system would continue in hotspots and buffer zones, he said.
Though the state government has decided to give some relief in green and orange zones but due to spike in number of corona positive cases in the city for the last three days, the district administration has put hold on these relief measures, the DM said.
“All private offices will remain closed till next orders, and employees will work from home. Liquor shops will open from 10 am and only five persons at a time will be allowed to purchase liquor while maintaining social distancing of two yards”, the DM said. Strict action would be taken against those found consuming liquor at a public place, he warned.