Lock downs : Jalandhar and some other Punjab districts announce lockdown,Rajsathan takes lead as state for lockdown
Chandigarh , March 21, 2020 :
About half a dozen District administratioa of Punjab have ordered lockdowns over the next few days to meeet the challenge of coronavirus .
These districts include Jalandhar, Patiala, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Bathinda, Barnala and Nawanshahr.
Jalandhar DC Varinder Kumar Sharma and Commissioner Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar announced that the lockdown would begin at 7 am on Sunday to midnight of Wednesday.
Similar lockdown orders came from Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Bathinda and Nawanshahr.
DC Patiala has ordered 'Janta Curfew ' for three days from March 22, 2020
On the other hand Rajasthan has become the first state to announce Lockdown to counter COVI-19.
CM Ashok Gehlot on Saturday evening announced complete Lockdown in Rajasthan from Sunday till March 31"to protect lives of people in the state".