LOCKDOWN IN 11 J&K DISTRICTS FROM TODAY
To remain in force from Thursday 7pm to Monday 7am
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Amid spike in Covid cases and spiraling death rate in Jammu and Kashmir, the government on Wednesday announced complete lockdown for 84 hours in 11 of total 20 districts in the Union territory.
State executive member Simrandeep Singh said, “Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kulgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Jammu, Kathua, Reasi and Udhampur will go under curfew/lockdown from Thursday 7pm till Monday 7am.
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Amid spike in Covid cases and spiraling death rate in Jammu and Kashmir, the government on Wednesday announced complete lockdown for 84 hours in 11 of total 20 districts in the Union territory.
State executive member Simrandeep Singh said, “Srinagar, Anantnag, Baramulla, Budgam, Kulgam, Pulwama, Ganderbal, Jammu, Kathua, Reasi and Udhampur will go under curfew/ lockdown from Thursday 7pm till Monday 7am.
Detailed orders will be issued by DCs under the Disaster Management Act, listing out the prohibitions as well as permissible activities.”
On Tuesday, the UT had recorded 25 deaths while the death toll was 2,197.
Jammu and Kashmir has recorded around 700% rise in active Covid cases in four weeks of this month — from 2,874 cases on April 1 to around 22,283 on Tuesday. In the same period, 199 deaths related to Covid-19 were reported out of the total 2,197 deaths, which is over 9% of fatalities in just 27 days.
Financial commissioner, health and medical education, Atal Dulloo, had said that the situation was challenging, but not out of control.
Kashmir’s Jamia Masjid closed for prayers
Kashmir’s grand mosque, Jamia Masjid, in Srinagar was closed on Wednesday owing to the surge in Covid-19 cases and imposition of Section 144 of the CrPC. The mosque’s administrative body, Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid (AAJ), in a statement said that police officials visited them in the morning asking the Auqaf to suspend all congregational prayers at the masjid as section 144 has come into effect.