Complete shutdown in Northeast India during Janata Curfew

  • | Monday | 23rd March, 2020

GUWAHATI/AGARTALA: The nationwide 'Janata Curfew' was observed across the north-eastern region on Sunday as the shutdown is near total as most people remained indoors. Political leaders and officials said that Janata Curfew got an unexpected response from all walks of life in the entire north-eastern region, comprising eight states, including Sikkim. According to officials, no positive coronavirus case has appeared in the eight north-eastern states, including Sikkim, yet. Governors and Chief Ministers of eight north-eastern states and other persons of influence urged the people to observe the 'Janata Curfew' to prevent the community transmission of coronavirus. “We would follow the 'Janata Curfew', and less number of staff would be posted at the airports,” the AAI official told IANS.

GUWAHATI/AGARTALA: The nationwide Janata Curfew was observed across the north-eastern region on Sunday as the shutdown is near total as most people remained indoors. Political leaders and officials said that Janata Curfew got an unexpected response from all walks of life in the entire north-eastern region, comprising eight states, including Sikkim. According to officials, no positive coronavirus case has appeared in the eight north-eastern states, including Sikkim, yet. In BJP-ruled Assam, vehicles remained off roads; shops, except some medicine outlets, business establishments and markets are closed. A similar situation prevailed in other north-eastern States. While BJP leaders and workers campaigned to make Janata Curfew a success, the other political parties including the Congress and the Communist Party of India-Marxist did not oppose it. Governors and Chief Ministers of eight north-eastern states and other persons of influence urged the people to observe the Janata Curfew to prevent the community transmission of coronavirus. Sanjeev Jindal, Regional Executive Director (NER) of Airport Authority of India (AAI) said, during Janata Curfew on Sunday all the 12 airports in the north-eastern States would remain operational as essential services. “We would follow the Janata Curfew, and less number of staff would be posted at the airports,” the AAI official told IANS. There are 12 airports operating in the north-eastern region. These include Guwahati, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur (all in Assam), Tezu and Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh), Agartala (Tripura), Imphal (Manipur), Shillong (Meghalaya), Dimapur (Nagaland) and Lengpui (Mizoram). Jindal said the screening of passengers — including by infrared thermometers — has been further intensified at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and at 11 other airports in the north-eastern States. (IANS) Also Read: People Extended Support to Prime Minister Modis call For Janata Curfew Also Watch: Fear of Coronavirus has decreased Market sales in Guwahati.

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