Mysore/Mysuru: With reports of non-essential commodities shops too opened on Monday last in violation of strict COVID guidelines, City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has warned that the Trade Licence of such shops will be suspended for a month if they are found open tomorrow (Thursday) in violation of guidelines.
Due to rising COVID caseload in the district, Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri on May 27 had ordered enforcement of a stringent 10-day lockdown from May 29 to June 7, according to which only provision stores and other shops selling essential commodities were allowed to open only on Mondays and Thursdays from 6 am to 12 noon.
But on Monday last (May 31), many other shops such as salons, beauty parlours, stationery shops, fancy stores,welding and vulcanising shops and other businesses were found open in some parts of the city, resulting in traffic jams and crowding, which defeated the very purpose of the 10-day lockdown to contain the virus spread.
Taking serious note of this, the Police Commissioner has issued instructions to ensure stringent enforcement of the lockdown. Dr. Chandragupta said that barring milk booths, meat shops, provision stores, food grain stores, hotels (only takeaway service), medical shops, petrol bunks and such other essential services, all other shops are ordered to remain closed on Thursday, when the lockdown is relaxed for 6 hours from 6 am to 12 noon.
If found open in violation of lockdown guidelines, the Police will forcefully shut them down and recommend the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to suspend the Trade Licence of such shops for a month, the Police Commissioner added.
Asking the citizens to walk to their neighbourhood shops and shun moving around in vehicles on Thursday for buying of essential commodities, he cautioned that the vehicles of people found making unnecessary movement will be seized and RC (Registration Certificate) owners of seized vehicles will be booked under the provisions of National Disaster Management Act (NDMA).
We have seen lockdown before as well. Has it stop corona from spreading? There is a difference between Eradication and breaking the chain. We are still concentrating on breaking the chain thanks to these kind of officials. When are we going to take measures to eradicate it? You have to unlock either on Jun 7 or July 7, will that be an end to Corona? Certainly not. It will be back within few months with more strength.
We need to implement Adaptive immunity. Adaptive or active immunity is what we develop throughout our lives – through exposure to diseases or vaccination/immunization against them. Adaptive immunity is specific, meaning it identifies a particular threat and creates antibodies to fight it. Once the threat is neutralised, the adaptive immune system remembers it and makes future responses to the same virus more effective.
By putting unscientific lockdown rules, these learned officers are making ground for the 3rd wave.
With education department announcing on-line class from June 15, how these officials consider stationary as “Non-essential”?
A person walking to and from market place spend more time outside then a person using vehicle for the same. How these IPS / IAS educated people conclude that spending less time outside spread Corona?
Of course we are not yet ready to eradicate Corona. The need of the hour is for the officials and government to work with the people to come out with a plan where people will have free access to their needs and the officials have control over crowding.
Why cannot these officials use the police to dispersed the crowd instead of mercilessly beating the people who are trying hard to meet their ends?
When will the police commissioner learn that we have Section 144 of CrPC which can be use to control crowding?
As long as officers feel that people are making “unnecessary movement”, we will never find a solution. The mindset just shows that we are the richest people on earth who have surplus money to spend on petrol without any reason.
Its the shortsighted view of the local administration to restrict the timing between 6AM to 12PM. Within this timing if people have to shop for essentials, there will naturally be overcrowding like what the city witnesses in CBD. If the DC permits shops to be open from 6AM to 6PM, this will ease the overcrowding and people will follow the socal distancing norms. After all it is in the interest of the people to remain uninfected.
Restricting shopping between 6AM to 10AM results in all people crowding the shops between 8AM to 10AM. Seems like some officials do not want Covid 19 to end. They are intentionally making people crowd to drive Covid or online Businesses.