Activities come to a standstill in Mangaluru

Activities in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts came to a standstill with the weekend curfew being imposed to prevent spread of Covid-19

Milk-, vegetable vendors and sellers of other essential products too downed the shutters by 9.30 a.m. in Mangaluru resulting in a total lockdown. While private city buses were off the road, few skeletal services of KSRTC were operational.

The Mangaluru City police has set up checkposts at 54 places in the city including major junctions such as Clock Tower junction where about 12 personnel were posted to stop unnecessary movement of vehicles. The vehicle movement was barred on the road between Clock Tower and. A.B.Shetty Circle and diverted to Clock Tower Junction- Rao and Rao Circle road stretch.

Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar said 35 mobile squads with about three squads for each police station operate. A total of 1,000 police personnel have been deployed. The police will seize vehicles that are seen unnecessarily moving on the roads, he said.

In the last one week 1,400 cases have been booked for not wearing masks. As many as 80 cases under Epidemic Diseases Act, including 30 cases on Friday, have been booked, he said.