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LAHORE: Chief Secretary Punjab Main (r) Azam Suleman Khan has directed all civil and cops to make sure strict implementation of presidency’s directions in the course of the coronavirus nationwide emergency to guard treasured human life.
He issued the directives whereas presiding over a gathering to evaluate steps being taken to stop coronavirus, guarantee uninterrupted provide of daily-use gadgets and verify hoarding, right here on Thursday.
The assembly was attended by Senior Member Board of Income, Further Chief Secretary Dwelling, IG Punjab, administrative secretaries of various departments, and officers of Particular Department and different law-enforcing businesses.
The assembly determined that entry of solely items transport can be allowed in Punjab from Sindh whereas all different street site visitors from Punjab to Sindh and vice versa wouldn’t be permitted.
The Chief Secretary directed that there can be a whole ban on marriage ceremony or different ceremonies in farmhouses. He stated that within the gentle of presidency’s choice all conferences can be held by way of video hyperlink, Skype calls and on-line conferencing and solely skeleton employees would attend the workplace whereas the remaining officers would work on-line by way of Skype from their homes.
He additionally talked about that entry of basic public in authorities places of work has been suspended in view of their very own safety and social distancing, nevertheless, all administrative secretaries, divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners, and heads of hooked up departments would notify, in press, two landline numbers and one cellular quantity for the contact of basic public throughout workplace hours.
These numbers would even be displayed prominently outdoors places of work at entry gates and officers of grade 17 and 18 can be deputed to attend calls on these numbers so that individuals couldn’t face any downside within the decision of their issues, he added.
He requested all civil and cops to make sure compliance with the orders about closures of all retailers, purchasing malls and eating places until 10pm as no negligence can be tolerated on this regard.
The Chief Secretary additionally directed commissioners and deputy commissioners to arrange lists of members of the family of the individuals being saved in quarantine and supply meals hampers to households in case their bread earners in quarantined. He additionally issued directions to administrative officers to contact homeowners of personal hospitals and lodges for establishing extra isolation rooms in these buildings.
The assembly determined that desks can be arrange for public outdoors places of work of SHOs in police stations and police khidmat centres would stay closed until additional orders. Folks can lodge their complaints with these desks as a substitute of visiting the workplace in police station. The assembly additionally took choice to shut all public parks and leisure locations within the province, in addition to enhancing the variety of Panahgahs in cities.
All deputy commissioners had been requested to hold out mapping of hostels of their districts in order that quarantine facility may very well be supplied at these buildings in case of emergency. The assembly was briefed that manufacturing of masks, gloves and sanitizers have been began domestically whereas 270,000 masks have been recovered throughout motion in opposition to hoarding in Rawalpindi.
The assembly additionally determined monitoring of these passengers arrived from China, Saudi Arab, Iran and different coronavirus-hit international locations and making certain availability of adequate amount of sanitizers and soaps/ hand wash at opened places of work, banks, purchasing malls for hand washing throughout operational hours.
