With Covid-19 cases rising again in Sangli city and rural areas, a six-day lockdown has been imposed from Wednesday across the district. An order to this effect was issued by the district collector Abhijit Chaudhary last evening. "We are going to implement the lockdown strictly to check the spread of the virus," said Nitin Kapadnis, municipal commissioner of Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad Municipal Corporation. "The order has been issued by the district collector and it will be applicable across the district," he added. Sangli district is registering 1,000-1,200 positive cases a day. The daily figure had gone down to 700-800, but in the last three weeks has started rising again. This has forced the administration to implement the stricter lockdown, officials said. https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/1×1.png The municipal commissioner said all non-essential shops will remain shut during the lockdown. Essential shops will remain open, but home delivery will be encouraged. "We have asked shopkeepers to encourage home delivery. And a customers turns up, Covid-appropriate behaviour should be strictly followed," Kapadnis said. The civic body has allowed only official vegetable markets to operate from 7 am to 4 pm on all days of the week. Weekly bazaars will remain closed. "It is observed that… Read full this story
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