COVID-19: Total Lockdown to Continue on March 30
Mangaluru: To prevent the coronavirus from spreading further, the district administration has decided to continue complete lockdown for the third day in the district on March 30.
During a press meet held at the DC office, District Minister In-charge Kota Srinivas Poojary said, “The people of Dakshina Kannada have co-operated well during the total lockdown on March 28 and 29. Today we have taken a strong decision of closing down all the retail and wholesale shops. On March 30, all essential supplies have also been stopped in order to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further.”
Kota Srinivas further said, “Everyone has cooperated well during the last two days for the total lockdown and I thank you all. Because of the lockdown for the last two days, no new positive cases were registered in Dakshina Kannada. We need to follow social distancing to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further. Once in three days we will lockdown DK. The lockdown will continue on March 30. On March 31, shops will open from 6:00 am to 3:00 pm. So that people can buy essential supplies. One person from every family should go out to buy essential supplies. If the vendors hike the price, their trade license will be cancelled. The need of the hour is to take strict measures and I request the people of DK to co-operate in the fight against the coronavirus.”
Unable to understand this complete lockdown and shutting of essential supplies in the district for over two days. Kerala , which has more positive cases definitely seems to be managing the situation much better, all essential supplies ensured throughout the state, in some cases even the local govt organised home deliveries. As of yesterday, they have commenced community kitchens to provide food for the underprivileged. And as a neighbouring district we are not even able to manage the essential supplies for few hours in the day. Very sad indeed.