School turns into temporary jail to lodge Covid violators in Lohardaga

Gumla: The Lohardaga district administration on Friday threatened to arrest people who venture out of their homes without wearing masks and do not follow social distancing norms. A temporary jail has also be set up at a school to lodge the violators.
Deputy commissioner Akanksha Ranjan said, “An order has been issued to set up a temporary jail at a school to lodge those found violating the guidelines of Covid -19 like mass gatherings at public places, venturing out without face masks etc.” Violators will be booked under provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, Ranjan further said.
Sundari Devi Saraswati Shishu Mandir at Baksideepa has been turned into a camp jail and magistrates have been deputed for maintenance of law and order by the DC. “Fresh prohibitory orders restricting assembly and curbing movement have been imposed in the district on Thursday,” Lohardaga SDO Jyoti Jha informed.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Lohardaga Chamber of Commerce and Industries on Friday demanded a stricter lockdown for 15 days. Its president Rajesh Kumar Mahato said, “A sense of fear is gripping the residents of the district as positive cases are being reported not only from migrants, but even among locals. We are pressing the administration for a 15-day lockdown to break the chain of infection.”