(Riya Saha, Intern Journalist )Bokaro: After sealing several banquet and marriage halls the last two days, the Bokaro district administration has also decided to seal community halls of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), Central Coalfield Limited (CCL), railways and other public sector companies in the wake of a spike of Coronavirus cases in the district.
Deputy commissioner Mukesh Kumar on Saturday held a review meeting with JIADA secretary (Bokaro region) Sandeep Kumar in this regard and asked the district officials to identify the number of halls in their areas and seal them.
Bokaro Steel Township, which has 10 sector areas, has one community hall each. Several local branches of the Institute of Personnel Managers, Indian Medical Association (IMA), and Engineers India Limited (EIL) among others have their halls on their premises and rent them out for marriage and other functions.
Kumar said, “Covid-19 cases in the district are growing and it is important to comply with social distancing. People gathering in community halls can pose serious threats. We have initiated the sealing of banquets halls belonging to hotels and those located in the township. We had come to know that marriages and other functions were organized in these establishments without following Covid-19 norms.”
Bokaro on Friday recorded its highest spike with 29 persons testing positive taking the total tally to 80 in the district. The number of active cases now stands at 41. The surge has put the administration on tenterhooks as the majority of the cases surfaced in urban localities. “About 10 new micro-containment zones have been declared in Bokaro Steel and Chas townships,” an official said.
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