| COVID-19, lock down eased in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 17: Lockdown imposed due to COVID-19 was on Monday eased in central Kashmir district of Srinagar, where 129 positive cases were reported on Sunday. Besides opening of shops on rational bases, the District Administration also allowed operating of passenger vehicles from today. The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) chairman Dr Shahid Choudhary, who is also Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar said that with strict adherence to preventive guidelines, markets will open with 50 per cent shops from today. Dr Choudhary lifted the restrictions on business and transport operations in Srinagar allowing a regulated resumption thereof. Shops and business establishments opened this morning in major business hubs in the city. However, at busy Mahraj Bazar shops on one side of the road remained closed while people could be seen shopping on other side of the road. Similar scenes were witnessed in other parts of the civil lines, including historic Lal Chowk, the nerve centre of the city. |
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