Cases will be filed against those roaming about unnecessarily: DC

Dharwad: Taking a serious note of complaints about people in sealed areas breaching the protocol and venturing out unnecessarily, deputy commissioner Deepa Cholan on Friday directed the officials to file cases against such people and take legal action.
Chairing the health task force meeting she said that the measures taken in sealed areas in rural parts are not effective. Citing the example of Morab village where more than 40 positive cases were reported in the past 10 days, Deepa said that all the three roads which lead to this village should be blocked. Police, health and revenue officials should keep a strict vigil in the village and see that people don’t come out of their houses except for medical emergencies. Health assistants should conduct door-to-door visits in sealed areas and collect information about the health status of people. Those misbehaving with health assistants or hiding their health condition should be booked, she added.
This apart, those coming out of their houses without wearing masks or maintaining social distance in containment zones, should be booked and a special drive to check this should begin immediately, said Deepa.
If there are any violations in containment zones, the respective official will be held responsible, she warned.