Thane (Maharashtra): As COVID-19 cases continue to spike in several regions of Maharashtra, the state government on Wednesday announced total lockdown in Thane district's Kalyan and Dombivli areas.
The government decided to impose a 10-day-long lockdown, that set in at 7 am on Thursday and will continue till 7 am on July 12, with only essential commodity shops allowed to open for restricted hours.
Public transport vehicles will not be allowed to run until July 12 while vegetables and other eatables will be available from 7 am to 11 am every day.
The lockdown will be lifted after July 12 and services other than essentials will be resumed thereafter.
It is to be noted that the state government also imposed lockdown in two other civic administration limits adjoining Mumbai city to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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The municipal corporations of Navi Mumbai and Panvel will enforce complete lockdown from July 3 midnight.
"We want to break the chain of coronavirus infection. People working in essential services will be exempted from the lockdown and will be allowed to move out for work," KDMC Commissioner Vijay Suryavanshi said.
A TMC official said inter-city bus services, auto- rickshaws, taxis and app-based cabs will not be allowed to operate.
"Medical emergencies are exempted. A patient can be accompanied by only one person in a cab or auto-rickshaw, he said.
Banks, ATMs, IT, ITeS, India Post, internet and data services and medical shops will be exempted from the lockdown, he said.
Thane district on Wednesday registered 1,322 new coronavirus cases, pushing its overall tally to 34,646, the administration said.
Out of the total cases, Thane city reported 9,138 cases, Navi Mumbai reported 6,823 cases, while the tally in Kalyan was nearing 7,000.
The death toll in Thane district due to the viral infection has reached 1,094, including 340 in Thane, 217 in Navi Mumbai, 120 in Kalyan and 145 in Mira Bhayandar township.
Inputs from agency
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