Punjab Orders state wide lock down till 31st March to check spread of #Covid19

Punjab Orders statewide lockdown, till 31st March, to check spread of #Covid19

All essential Govt services will continue & shops selling essential items such as milk, food items, medicines, etc, will be open. All DCs & SSPs have been directed to implement the restrictions immediately

In view of the urgency because of COVID-19 pandemic, the followings services are declared as Essential Services:

• Supply of groceries.
• Supply of beverages.
• Supply of fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Supply of drinking water
• Supply of Fodder.
• All food processing units supplying processed food items.
• Dispensing of petrol, diesel, CNG at designated petrol /diesel / CNG pumps/ dispensing units.
• Rice shellers milling the paddy.
• Milk plants, dairy units, fodder making units and cattle fields.
• Supply of LPG (domestic & commercial)
• Medicines and other pharmaceuticals from medical stores.
• Health services. xiii) Manufacturing of medical and health equipment’s.
• Telecom operators and the agencies appointed by them to ensure communication services.
• Insurance companies.
• Banks and ATMs.
• Post offices.
• Loading and unloading of wheat and rice for receipt in godowns and/or dispatch against Central pool/ DCP/OMSS.
• Transportation of essential commodities/essential services and stock articles required for procurement and storage of food.