Weekend Shutdown in Odisha – Strict Enforcement Expected against artificial Price rise in Domestic Market
Odishabarta
Berhampur:Odisha government on Monday issued some additional guidelines for stricter enforcement to curb the massive spike in cases of Corona Virus infections in the State. The announcement comes on a day when the State reported its biggest daily tally ever of 4445 new Covid cases and 4 deaths. Keeping in view the government announced weekend shutdown in all urban areas in Odisha.
The new guidelines issued by the government have imposed strict regulations on markets and shops. The government decided to enforce a stock holding limit on Potato and Onions.
The step is expected from district administration to check hoarding that leads to artificial price rise in the domestic market. It also expected increased the minimum import price of the two essential food vegetables. To check their outbound movement the district administration should be more alerted and appropriate action on buyers Economic.
As the notification reveal, Haats and markets will be decentralised and allowed to operate with minimum 30 feet distance from shop to shop. Number of buyers to the shop will be regulated by the market association and shop owners in such a way that physical distance of six feet is maintained between buyer to buyer and buyer to shop owner during the entire period of their stay in the establishment.
