Supply of essential items improves in Mohali amid Covid-19 lockdown

Police step up patrolling in the evening, urging residents to stay indoors

MOHALI: Though the curfew was in place in Mohali on Friday to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the supply of medicines, milk and vegetables resumed with vendors ensuring door-to-door supply and grocery shops open.

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People could be seen buying grocery items in the morning, while shopkeepers operated with shutters half down.

The door-to-door supply of medicines and milk was smooth. The local shops for milk products were also open. In some areas, street vendors supplied vegetables to residents.

Deputy commissioner Girish Dayalan said, “Supply is normal today. There are some issues, which will be sorted out. I have asked sub-divisional magistrates to act against shopkeepers who have opened their shops.”

Ravi Kainth, a resident of Sector 80, said, “Though the rates are on the higher side, vegetables are available. Hawkers have started coming.”

Police stepped up patrolling on Thursday evening, asking people to stay indoors.