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Covid-19: Karnataka Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar directed DC’S to close all national highways

Bengaluru, Mar 30 (UNI) Karnataka Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar on Monday directed all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) and Superintendents of police to close all national highways in the State during the lockdown period.
Mr Bhaskar convened a meeting of top officials of various departments and instructed the DCs and SPs to strictly implement the Centre’s guidelines without any relaxation. The Centre had issued guidelines on March 24 directing all State governments to follow the guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19..
For preventing community spread, Mr. Bhaskar asked top officials of each district to monitor primary and secondary contacts of patients who have tested positive. He also directed DCs and SPs to take strict action against shop owners who charge high prices for essential commodities. The police have been told to take steps to ensure practice of social distance by consumers during entry or purchase of essential daily items at grocery shops/malls.
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