Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 25: Amid worries of a possible third COVID wave, the Traders Federation Ware House Nehru Market Jammu has decided to continue the weekend lockdown in the biggest Grain Mandi of Jammu ‘Ware House Nehru Market’.
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“This is the time when everyone should take extra precautions as new Delta Plus Variant case has been reported in Jammu while many experts have warned that a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic can possibly hit in coming weeks,” said Deepak Gupta, President of the Federation, while addressing a press conference here today.
Appreciating the persuasive efforts being taken by the UT Administration to mitigate the surge of Covid 19 cases in J&K, Deepak Gupta said that there is a downfall but we all should take extra care and strictly follow the SOPs to win this war against Covid-19.
He reminded that for the welfare of traders and the society as a whole, Traders Federation Ware House-Nehru Market Jammu observed voluntary weekend lockdown from April 24 till the administration imposed weekend lockdown officially.
“Although administration has now lifted the weekend lockdown and allowed us to open shops for the whole week, but as a responsible trade organisation, we have decided to continue the weekend lockdown in Ware House Nehru Market for the next three weeks starting from 26-06-21,” Gupta said.
He said that in the meeting of office bearers and senior members of Federation, it was unanimously decided that to help the administration in controlling this deadly pandemic and expected third wave, all shops in Ware House-Nehru Market and adjoining markets will observe weekend lockdown from Saturday for next three weeks. All shops will remain closed on every Saturday-Sunday during this period, he added.
Gupta also welcomed the grant of financial relief through the Special Assistance Scheme for Covid mortalities (SASCM/Saksham) to the families of victims.
On this occasion, Abhimanyu Gupta, Vice President; Vishal Gupta, Secretary and Amit Gupta, Cashier of the Federation were also present.
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