Surat: City police will ensure strict enforcement of Covid-19 related guidelines and rules to check the spread of the dreadedcoronavirus, after the rise in cases reported post-Diwali.
City police commissioner, Ajay Tomar, clarified on Friday that the local authorities are not planning for curfew or lockdown at present but appealed to people to take all precautionary measures to stop spread of infection.
Surat municipal commissioner, Banchhanidhi Pani, visited the police commissioner’s office on Friday and held a meeting to discuss issues related to the Covid-19 spread in the city.
Tomar and Pani also held a meeting with textile business representatives at the Surat Textile Market in the evening and appealed to ensure use of masks, sanitiser and social distance.
“During Ganesh immersion, people cooperated with local administration and did not organise public events, ” said the police officer.
“Similarly in Chhath puja, too, police installed bandobast at river bank, although people did not come out to perform prayers on Friday,” said Tomar.
Police started distribution of masks for free to people and a total of 27,000 masks were distributed on Friday.
“Police will keep watch at locations where people gather in large numbers. We also seek people’s cooperation to stop the spread of the virus. Police will intensify the drive to penalise those found not wearing masks,” said Tomar.