Assam Government gives go ahead to COVID-19 measures to be put in place

SILCHAR: The State government has no objection to the measures to be put in place by Deputy Commissioners of Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj districts of Barak Valley for ensuring prevention of further spread of COVID-19 from August 26 to September 4.

In an order issued to this effect on Sunday, Chief Secretary, Kumar Sanjay Krishna said that examining carefully the reports of Deputy Commissioners of three districts of the Barak Valley of increasing incidences of spread of COVID-19 cases in their respective jurisdictions and their opinions in favour of putting in place certain restrictions to ensure strict compliance of COVID-19 protocols, the State Government has no objection to the measures to be put in place by Deputy Commissioners of the three districts as deemed proper for ensuring prevention of further spread of COVID-19 between Wednesday, the 26th August and Friday, the 4th September, 2020.

The Chief Secretary further stated that the Deputy Commissioners have to ensure compliance of all directives issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, including the latest one issued on Saturday.

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