Crackdown on shopkeepers at Dhanbad Covid hotspot From Friday, FIR s to be lodged against traders in Hirapur, outlets to be sealed
A joint team of administrative and police officers launched a mass crackdown on Hirapur shopkeepers violating lockdown norms on Thursday afternoon.
Hirapur is one of the Covid hotspots of Dhanbad. The locality has recorded the highest number of the total cases in the district in the last week. On May 5, 11 of 157 cases; 13 out of 128 on May 4, 9 out of 130 on May 3, six out of 136 of May 2, 10 out of 232 on May 1 and 4 out of 129 of May 30.
The team led by sub divisional officer Surendra Prasad and DSP (Law and Order), Manoj Swargiyar (IPS officer) called on Srikant Saundik, secretary of Hirapur Chamber of Commerce, one of the 49 units of Federation of Dhanbad Zila Chamber of Commerce and instructed him to ensure the strict abidance of Covid guidelines b