Mass gathering in Guwahati city markets ahead of lockdown due to COVID 19

Guwahati | Wednesday | 25th March, 2020

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STAFF REPORTERGUWAHATI: There seems to be no corona scare among the masses when they were buying groceries ahead of the lockdown, here on Tuesday. Markets from across the city including Fancy Bazar and Machkhowa markets were packed will hundreds of people who were filling their ration stocks to prepare for the shutdown. Most of the people ignored the government's continuous appeals and gathered in the markets without wearing masks and ignoring to maintain a social distance. 40 per kilo, cauliflowers were being sold for twice the price at Rs. Meanwhile, the lockdown has started in the city and the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has started the sanitization process in a bid to tackle the outbreak of the dreaded virus..