Concerned over the spurt in Covid cases, the East Singhbhum district administration launched a mega drive on Monday by taking out a flag march to drill into people the necessity of following lockdown rules and other safety protocols.
The flagmarch, which was taken out from Sakchi police station, had more than 20 vehicles and was led by senior SP Tamil M Vanan.
It went around various places covering the Sakchi roundabout, Shitla Mandir area, Jhanda Chowk and Straight Mike Road.
The senior SP, accompanied by ADM (law and order) N. K. Lal and other senior police officers, reprimanded several shop owners at Sakchi for not adhering to lockdown orders.
Fire accident at steel city market, shops gutted Third such incident recorded at Sakchi in five months
A fire caused by a suspected electric short-circuit gutted around half-a-dozen shops at the steel city’s commercial hub Sakchi on Friday.
It took around two hours for the fire tenders of the state fire department and Tata Steel to bring the blaze under control.
Timely action by the fire department minimised damages to a great extent.
District fire service officials said they were informed about the fire around 3.10 pm, and the fire tenders reached the spot within five minutes.
The fire tenders had no problem in entering the spot of the mishap behind Shitla Mandir close to the Tank Road as because of the extended lockdown all shops were closed by 2 pm.