GUWAHATI: After the Kamrup (M) District Administration imposed lockdown in 11 wards of the city, the government is now mulling a complete lockdown of the entire city.
Highly placed sources in the government have indicated that it is considering a complete lockdown of the city given the rising number of cases and the people’s apathy towards observing COVID-19 protocols of maintaining social distance and avoiding gatherings.
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Minister of state for health, Pijush Hazarika, speaking to G Plus said, “We might have to impose complete lockdown of Guwahati if people do not abide by the COVID-19 protocols and things go out of hand. We are likely to take a decision in this regard soon. If the cases continue to rise and people remain apathetic to our calls to abide by the Covid-19 protocols, a lockdown would be the only solution. As of now, the city-wide lockdown is under active consideration.”
Hazarika however refuted quotes attributed to him by various media that the lockdown would be imposed as early as 26th June, i.e., tomorrow.
The current lockdown in the 11 wards of the city was done because of excessive gathering at the commercial hubs of the city by people throwing caution to the winds. Most of the areas under the current lockdown are densely populated commercial hubs.
