Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau) : To break the chain of deadly corona virus spread in Odisha, the State government has imposed weekend shutdown in all urban areas came into effect from today.
Meanwhile, the restrictions have been put urban areas of the 30 districts in state.
According to police officials, the enforcement of Covid-19 norms are stricter as per the guidelines and Strignent actions would be taken against the violators.
The 48 hours weekend shutdown in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar have under the strict observance.
As many as 32 platoons of police force, including 12 in Cuttack and 20 platoons in Bhubaneswar have been deployed to ensure strict compliance of the shutdown norms.
As many as 250 officers (100 officers in Cuttack, 150 in Bhubaneswar) are supervising the overall arrangements and compliance of the guidelines.
According to police sources, as many as 68 check points including 25 points and Cuttack and 43 in Bhubaneswar have been set up for enforcing the shutdown movement regulations.
However, all the essential services including hospitals, nursing homes, medicine stores, grocery shops and milk booths are allowed to function as usual during the shutdown.
