Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, July 14
Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said today that national directives for Covid-19 management guidelines, standard operating procedures (SOP) and advisories issued by the government should be strictly followed and any violation will invite criminal proceedings under relevant provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Deputy Commissioner said mandatory FIRs would be filed against those found violating curbs on public gatherings, which now stand strictly disallowed.
He said joint teams of the police and the civil administration would strictly enforce the restrictions on social gatherings (restricted to five under section 144 imposed in all districts) as well as weddings and social functions.
The directives
MC told to carry out sanitation drive
To check the spread of dengue/vector-borne diseases, the Ludhiana MC Commissioner has been directed to carry out a sanitation drive in Ludhiana city, while BDPOs, EOs, nagar councils and nagar panchayats would undertake the sanitation drive in rural and urban areas in the district.
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