Our Correspondent Mirpur
Followong continual wide spread of Covid-19 in lake district of Mirpur, local authorities are all set to impose lock down, in phases, for a month with effect from Monday.
An official notification issued by Mirpur district Magistrate Bader Muneer said that their would be complete ban on the movement and entry of all sorts of transport to and from Mirpur district due to lock down.
Besides that the entry of the tourists into the district and all sorts of the tourists resorts and parks would be completely closed during entire lock down period.
All sorts of educational institutions as well as private and public sector institutions/ business concerns of essential services including banks will remain closed initially for two weeks period of the lock down from March 1 to 14 in the district.
Medical stores and petrol pumps would be exempted of the lock down and would function round the clock under the already announced Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).
General stores, vegetable, fruit, bakery, sweet shops, dairy farms, gas, meat shops would remain open only on Tuesday.
