‘DON’T GO EASY ON VIOLATORS’

CHANDIGARH: Considering the emerging threat of Covid-19, health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday instructed civil surgeons to speed up challaning of violators to ensure stringent compliance of guidelines in public places, markets and vegetable markets of urban areas.

The minister told civil surgeons to immediately file latest report giving details of containment zones to the headquarters for swift planning of action plan.

The department is also working on a preparedness plan for five worst-hit cities of Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Mohali.

23 FEROZEPUR ZILA PARISHAD STAFFERS HOME QUARANTINED

Twenty-three employees of the Ferozepur zila parishad have been home quarantined after additional deputy commissioner (development) Ravinder Pal Singh tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Ferozepur ADC (general) Ravinder Singh said tracing of other possible infected persons is still on.

Prior to his test, the official was discharging duties at his zila parishad complex office, including distributing cheques among the beneficiaries of various government welfare schemes and meeting public.