COMPLETE LOCKDOWN IN NAVI MUMBAI
NMMC and PMC decide to re-impose restrictions citing sudden spike in no. of cases
Lockdown will be re-imposed in Navi Mumbai from Friday for 10 days after a sudden rise in positive cases of coronavirus. Both the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) as well as Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to reimpose lockdown in its jurisdiction for 10 days starting from July 3 night.
While only essential services will be allowed under the PMC jurisdiction, the NMMC will allow APMC, TBIA, and MIDC to function as usual.
After the state gover nment empowered the collectors and municipal commissioners to impose local restrictions if cases arise, the civic body was exploring the option of reimposing lockdown on the line of Thane Municipal Corporation and Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC)
Early this week, the civic body had already reimposed lockdown in 12 containment zones where cases were quite high. However, from 9 pm on July 3, the whole city will be under the lockdown. The number of positive cases reached 6823 with active cases 3834.
As per the order issued by the civic body, the lockdown will be re-imposed from 9 pm on July 3 and it will end at 12pm on July 13.
Similarly, the PMC reimposed the lockdown following a sharp rise in positive cases. According to civic of ficials, political parties as well as social organizations have demanded the lockdown.
At present, the number of cases under the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) is around 2277, and of which 808 are active cases. On June 20, the total number of positive cases was 1267, and 364 were active cases. “After relaxation under the Mission Begin Again, citizens were seen violating basic nor ms and roaming without masks. We noticed that people are not following nor ms like social distancing and wearing of masks in public places,” said a senior civic official. He added that the number of positive cases crossed 2200. “Keeping these all factors, we have decided to reimpose the lockdown,” said the official.
The civic body has also ordered that only one person can step out of the home to buy essentials.
“We have fined more than 200 people for not wearing masks, closed the wholesale market, and also sealed shops for not maintain the social distancing,” said the official. He added that if requires, more restrictions will be imposed.