SURAT/VADODARA/RAJKOT: Surat city police commissioner Ajay Tomar issued notification with regard to the night curfew that will be imposed in the Diamond City from Saturday. The curfew will be in force from 9pm to 6am till further orders.
Those involved in emergency, medical and pharmaceutical services have been permitted to go out during curfew hours. Individuals issued permission by police are also permitted to commute. Employees of essential services and security agencies have been exempted from the curfew, the notification stated.
City police have made elaborate deployment across the city for strict implementation of night curfew. At all entry points and strategic locations, police teams will keep a check on the movement of individuals.
“Pan shop owners should ensure that people do not crowd around the shop or they don’t spit in public places. Shop owners should ensure social distancing or else actions will be taken against them,” said Tomar.
“In textile industries and markets, employees sit together for lunch and this practice should be discouraged,” he added.
In Vadodara, senior police officials held meetings with associations of different businesses seeking their cooperation in implementing curfew at night. Police have identified different spots in the city where people gather in large numbers during nocturnal hours and bandobast will be deployed at such places. “We have received a positive response from business establishments and we are expecting that citizens too, support the night curfew and do not venture out. Our teams will be patrolling extensively throughout the city and we have been making announcements using public announcement systems for people’s awareness,” said additional commissioner of police Chirag Koradiya.
In Rajkot, to the police commissioner issued similar notification where security personnel and government employees will be allowed to commute during night curfew. The notification stated that radio and cab services will be allowed to operate for the passengers coming and going to railway station and airports.