Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday sealed the main market of twin city as Unit-1 after witnessing the mass violation of COVID protocols.
However, both the retail and wholesale market of Unit-1 to remain shut till July 1, informed one BMC official.
“After our enforcement squads and police personnel reported large scale violation of COVID-19 safety norms inside the market on June 23, we decided to seal it in larger public interest and to contain any possibility of the virus transmission,” informed a BMC official.
Earlier in the day, Unit-4 non-veg market and Bapuji Nagar market in the city reopened after being sealed for a week for violation of COVID protocols.