Published 19:54 IST, June 28th 2020
Mumbai Police mandates outdoor movement for essential activities, warns of vehicle seizure
The Mumbai Police on Sunday issued an appeal to all the residents of the city to strictly adhere to the lockdown guidelines issued by the state government.
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Mumbai Police on Sunday issued an appeal to all residents of city to strictly adhere to lockdown guidelines issued by state government. Maintaining that threat of COVID-19 still persists in city, it observed that some people have been found violating rms endangering ir own health as well as that of ors in vicinity. Currently, re are 73,747 confirmed vel coronavirus cases in Mumbai out of which 42,331 patients have been discharged while 4282 fatalities have been reported. Police stipulated following directions:-
- All movement outdoors should be restricted for essential activities only.
- While moving outdoors, wearing of face masks is compulsory.
- Visit to markets, salons, barber shops, etc. shall be restricted to those within a radius of 2 km from residence only.
- Movement outside this radius for shopping etc. is strictly prohibited.
- Similarly, outdoor movement for purpose of exercise is strictly restricted to open s within a radius of 2 km from place of residence.
- Movement beyond 2 km is permitted only for attending office or medical emergencies.
- Social distancing rms are to be followed compulsorily at all times.
- Strict action will be taken against all persons who violate above rms.
- Shops/markets t following social distancing rms will be closed down.
- movement of persons except for essential activities is allowed during night curfew between 9 pm to 5 am. Any violation of night curfew shall be strictly penalized.
- All vehicles found plying away from ir local area without a valid reason will be compulsorily impounded.
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Maharashtra CM warns of lockdown imposition
Addressing people of Maharashtra earlier in day, CM Uddhav Thackeray cautioned m against taking threat of COVID-19 very lightly. While mentioning that shops, offices, and barber shops have been opened after due precautions, he admitted that lockdown would continue to prevail in state post-June 30. Stressing that 'Mission Begin Again' did t imply that danger of virus was over, he appealed to people to go out only for essential purposes. On this occasion, Thackeray advised people to take precautions such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. He hinted at possibility of administration imposing a lockdown in specific areas where number of COVID-19 cases is increasing.
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19:54 IST, June 28th 2020