Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (SP)

Puttur, Jun 14: The taluk administration is concerned about the rise in the number of people affected by coronavirus infection, undertook measures to subject people found moving on the road unnecessarily to coronavirus test.

Puttur taluk panchayat chief executive officer, Naveen Bhandary, and panchayat development officer (PDO) Lawrence Rodrigues, led a team on Sunday June 13 which instructed the owners of shops and their employees to undergo corona tests. The team then coordinated an operation with the involvement of the police on the road passing in front of the government hospital. The team stopped vehicles moving on the road and sent their drivers and passengers directly to the hospital for the tests. Till Sunday evening, 105 persons were subjected to swab tests.

PDO Lawrence Rodrigues, initially announced on the loudspeakers about the need for all the shops to operate within the time limit prescribed. Later, he visited the shops personally to educate them on this issue. Wherever the time limit was violated, he imposed fine at the rate of Rs 2,000 each. In one case, he imposed fine of Rs 38,000 while in another case, police complaint was filed against the owner. The PDO also raided a fancy store on Sunday, imposed fine on the owner besides issuing warning.