Sec 144 Imposed In Cuttack, Forces Deployed At 23 Points To Enforce Night Curfew

  • | Saturday | 17th April, 2021

Section 144 has been imposed from 9 pm to 5 with a night curfew in Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneshwar. 10 platoon police forces have been deployed in Cuttack city for the night curfew. 23 check posts have also been prepared at various places in Cuttack city.

Section 144 has been imposed from 9 pm to 5 with a night curfew in Twin City of Cuttack and Bhubaneshwar. 10 platoon police forces have been deployed in Cuttack city for the night curfew. 23 check posts have also been prepared at various places in Cuttack city.

At the same time, check post has been made at 25 places in the capital Bhubaneswar. Apart from this, regular patrolling is also being done by PCR. Police Commissioner Soumendra Priyadarshi gave this information to the media on Saturday.

The police commissioner has said that due to the Covid-19 situation, only those deployed in emergency services will be allowed to freely on the roads after they show their identity cards to the police. The medicine shops will remain open.

Hotels will only be allowed to deliver food parcels. All shop markets will be closed from 8:30 pm. The Odisha police will make sure all the Covid-19 SOPs are being followed, said Cuttack DCP Prateek Singh.

Bhubaneswar DCP Umashankar Das has said that shopkeepers have been asked to close the shop from 8 o`clock in the night so that they reach their homes by 9 o`clock. After 9 o`clock, section 144 will be installed in the capital. In such a situation, no one will be allowed to roam outside in the streets. The capital Bhubaneswar has been divided into three zones and three DCP level officers have been given the responsibility. A PCR vehicle, a patrolling vehicle along a curfew enforcement vehicle have been deployed.


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