Ahmedabad: Office, McDonald’s outlet sealed for violations

AHMEDABAD: After sealing the Ahmedabad One Mall in Vastrapur on Monday, a team of the solid waste department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) sealed the office of one Saviour Pharmaceuticals and the McDonald’s outlet in Himalaya Mall on Tuesday, for violations of social distancing and people not wearing masks.
Harshad Solanki, director of the solid waste department, said the Saviour office on the 11th floor of Synergy Building on Corporate Road was sealed as workers were not wearing masks and the authorities had not maintained social distancing.
The team also checked the McDonald’s in Himalaya Mall it, as social distancing was not being followed and customers sitting there were not wearing the masks.
Officials said the rules mandate proper distancing between customers and the wearing of masks. Customers were found to be sitting close to each other.
The officials said that in the case of the office it was observed that majority of the staff was not wearing masks and were sitting close to each other.
Solanki further said that teams have been tasked with carrying out checks in offices, showrooms, malls and restaurants.