Intense Lockdown In Chennai, Nearby Towns From June 19, No Sunday Break

Chennai:

Unable to regulate the spiraling coronavirus figures, the Tamil Nadu authorities has once more declared whole lockdown in state capital Chennai and sure areas underneath it, together with areas in Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu districts, from June 19 to 30.  

Tamil Nadu has the second highest variety of instances — second solely to Maharashtra — and the spike has continued regardless of a number of restrictions by the state authorities.

More than 70 per cent of Tamil Nadu’s 44,661 coronavirus instances are from Chennai, the place the an infection is raging in city slums.  On Sunday, Chennai recorded 1,415 contemporary instances, logging 31,896 sufferers in whole.

Sources mentioned the lockdown in Chennai and its suburbs will probably be intense and full restrictions will function on the 2 Sundays on this interval. No taxis, autos and personal transport will probably be allowed to run aside from emergencies. People must purchase important gadgets from inside a 2 km radius. Only the working of hospitals, laboratory and pharmacies will probably be allowed.

Banks will probably be allowed to function with 33 per cent workers solely on June 29 and 30.

Essential companies together with retailers promoting milk, greens and fruits, cellular shops, groceries will probably be open. Petrol pumps will probably be allowed to run between 6 am and four pm. Takeaways from eating places will probably be allowed between 6am and eight pm.

Amma canteens can even stay open and building employees can keep on website.

Quarantine guidelines for incoming passengers from different states or overseas will stay the identical and cargo motion will probably be uninterrupted, the federal government has mentioned.