Puducherry: The Puducherry government has banned insertion of pamphlets, advertisement materials or handbills in newspapers delivered at doorsteps of customers in the Union Territory as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19.
"The ban comes into force on Monday," a release from District Collector T Arun said.
The Collector said that the ban imposed under the Disaster Management Act 2005 and Epidemics Act 1897 is part of the
measures are taken to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
According to the release, it was feared that the pamphlets or handbills inserted in the newspapers could be a possible carrier of the virus and hence the ban.