Team constituted to investigate matter

Two days after a farm owner in Nawanshahr was exposed during a raid where as many as 19 parakeets were found along with the meat/flesh of birds, a team has been formed to investigate the matter. The team has been constituted by the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Hoshiarpur. He said that the accused was still at large, and the team had been formed to look out for him. He said that a raid was conducted at his home, but the farm owner was not found.

976 violators taken for Covid testing

Teams of the police on Wednesday persuaded as many as 976 face-mask violators to undergo Covid testing. A man from Udapad village, who had opened liquor vend during curfew hours, has also been booked by the police. A case was registered against another violator, a dhaba owner at Kachehri Road in Nawanshahr. Similarly, FIR was also lodged against an auto driver for not following social distancing and allowing several passengers to sit in the auto.

DC conducts inspection of Covid care hospitals

Nawanshahr DC Shena Aggarwal on Wednesday checked the present situation of Covid in the district. During the meeting, the DC also took a serious note of non-availability of medical facilities during Covid in private and government hospitals. She also gave an ultimatum to the hospitals that no Covid patient should lose his/ her life at Level-1 and Level-2 hospitals. She said that patient whose oxygen saturation was above 90, could be referred either to a government health centre or home isolation.