COVID-19: After containment zone order, curfew imposed in Pune

Pune, Apr 20 () Curfew was imposed in Pune city inMaharashtra on Monday, a day after the entire municipalcorporation area was declared a containment zone in view ofthe high number of COVID-19 cases here.

A large part of the city is already sealed off withstrict enforcement of the lockdown.

The curfew order, under section 144 of the CrPC, putfurther restrictions on movement of people and bars entry andexit in the containment zone, police said on Monday.

"Exception has been made for police, health, doctors,pharmacies, emergency transport services and staff from civicas well as government entities who are working for preventionof the virus spread in the city," an official said.

"In the containment zone, shops selling essentialcommodities such as groceries, dairy, vegetables and fruitswill be open from 10 am to noon every day for the public," headded.

The Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad civic bodies had onSunday declared areas within their jurisdiction as containmentzones.

Pune was one of the cities in which the Centre onMonday said the COVID-19 situation was "especially serious". SPKBNM BNM