No more Sunday lockdown in Ludhiana district

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 26

After making a remarkable turnaround from being the worst-hit to the safest district in the state, Ludhiana has lifted the weekly Sunday lockdown with effect from June 27.

District Magistrate Varinder Kumar Sharma in an order issued here this evening allowed all essential and non-essential shops and commercial establishments to open on Sunday from 5 am to 7.30 pm. However, the daily night curfew from 8 pm to 5 am will continue till further orders, the DM clarified.

The development assumes significance as the state government on Friday ordered to extend the weekly Sunday lockdown till June 30 while authorising DMs to give further relaxations, if any, depending upon the situation in their respective districts.

Being a wholesale hub of several items, especially hosiery, clothing, shoes, plastic-ware, bicycles and other commodities, Ludhiana markets used to open on Sundays and close on Mondays every week before the Covid-induced lockdown was imposed in the state.

A large number of traders from across the region visit the city on Sundays to make bulk purchases from wholesale merchants.