ISLAMABAD: The capital administration has opened 4 ‘ration warehouses’ within the metropolis to offer essential meals to the underprivileged, together with 15 cell dastarkhawan services to distribute cooked meals.
Military and police personnel have additionally been deployed at metropolis’s entry and exit factors after the administration launched restrictions on the motion of individuals utilizing public transport.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Hamza Shafqaat informed Daybreak that 4 ration warehouses have been arrange in I-11/4, Tarnol, Taramri and Bhara Kahu. Extra might be established in different elements of the capital as properly.
He mentioned: “Only needy and underprivileged people can get edibles from there free of cost.”
Cooked meals might be offered by cell langarkhanas, he added. These might be arrange on the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Polyclinic, Aabpara Market, F-11/2, the F-10/2 Service Highway, F-10 Markaz, Al-Mustafa Tower in F-10, the F-6 water plant close to Kulsoom Worldwide, G-10 water plant close to Babri Masjid, Khanna Bridge, AlipurFarash, Taramri Chowk and Faizabad.
All markets, malls, eating places and personal places of work shall stay closed, public places of work might be practical from 10am to 4pm
These services are being supplied with help from the Saylani and Ehsaas programmes, he mentioned, including that individuals may also donate edible items.
The administration has additionally elevated restrictions on the motion of individuals utilizing public transport, Mr Shafqaat mentioned. Military and police are deployed in any respect factors of entry and exit, together with at Faizabad and in Tarnol and Bhara Kahu, on this regard.
A notification issued by the workplace of the deputy commissioner said: “There shall be a complete ban on intra-city, inter-district and inter-province movement of people by public transport.”
Nevertheless, the metro bus service will stay practical from 8am to 10:30am and three:30pm to five:30pm. On Fridays, the service will run from 8:30am to 10:10am and 1:30pm to 2:30pm. Passengers should keep a one-seat distance between them.
The notification mentioned that taxis are allowed to function, however separate customary working procedures (SOP) on this regard might be issued.
On Wednesday, the administration took motion towards violations of the SOP on the functioning of retailers, together with that not more than seven individuals can enter outlets at a time, and solely outlets promoting edibles might keep open.
Mr Shafqaat mentioned violations had been seen in any respect the massive markets, together with Aabpara, and 324 outlets had been closed down.
He mentioned that in mild of the violations, shopkeepers have been ordered to submit an enterprise that they may observe the SOPs on the workplace of the related station home officer (SHO).
They are going to want permission from the SHO to open their outlets.
Some shops promoting CDs and furnishings even opened on the pretext of promoting edibles, he mentioned.
They had been informed to shut their enterprise to keep away from motion for violating SOPs.
In response to the notification issued by the deputy commissioner’s workplace, all markets, malls, eating places and personal places of work shall stay closed whereas public places of work might be practical from 10am to 4pm, besides on Friday when they may shut at 1pm.
All types of social or spiritual gatherings, whether or not public or personal, are banned, and all hospital outpatient departments are suspended, though emergency providers will stay practical.
Building websites might stay practical after taking all the mandatory precautions for the security of staff,which is able to beinspected by the administration’s industries and labour division.
In addition to, these related to well being providers, together with hospitals, clinics, laboratories, pharmaceutical factories and medical shops, personnel from the legislation enforcement companies and important providers are additionally exempted from restrictions.
The order added that individuals in want of medical care might be accompanied by two attendants whereas residents should purchase grocery and medicines inside the neighborhood of their residence.
It additional mentioned that essential spiritual rites like Namaz-i-Janaza and burial had been additionally exempted from the restrictions.
Private and non-private telecom and mobile firms, their franchises and buyer assist centres ought to guarantee minimal potential attendance with no public dealing. In addition to, utility firms, related directorates and wings of CDA, Iesco, PTCL and SNGPL and important service of the metropolitan cooperation will stay practical.
Name centres with 50computer employees and no public dealing are allowed whereas banks can operate with solely important employees and particular timing to be notified by the State Financial institution of Pakistan.
Defence-related manufacturing and packing facility are additionally allowed.The administration additionally put situations on individuals and institutions given exemption. Ideally one particular person ought to journey in a non-public automobile, and in case of a medical emergency two attendants might accompany the affected person.
Two individuals per household might exit to purchase important medicines and grocery whereas handicapped individuals could also be assisted by two individuals together with a driver.
Individuals on automobiles transporting important meals objects, medicines, medical gear from godowns, farms, mills or factories could also be assisted by two helpers or cleaners throughout the transportation, the order said, including that every one individuals travelling should carry CNIC and official card and all personnel of the exempted departments should journey and work conserving in view the coverage of social distance.
Printed in Daybreak, March 26th, 2020
