MARGAO
Most of the Village Panchayats across Salcete went in for a voluntary lockdown for half a day from Wednesday after allowing groceries and essential services open during the morning as a precautionary measure due to sharp rise in cases and to break the Covid chain.
Village Panchayats of Curtorim, Raia, Benaulim, Dramapur-Sirlim are amongst the villages which has joined their counterparts in restricting the business timings of the shops and business establishments.
The Curtorim panchayat, which had a meeting under the leadership of Sarpanch Milagres Rodrigues has decided to restrict the business timings of shops and business establishments from May 6-15 as a precaution measure to break the Covid chain.
The panchayat has also decided to ask the Curtorim Health Centre to provide data of the number of Covid cases, ward-wise, reported at the centre to facilitate necessary action.
The Dramapur-Sirlim panchayat has also decided to go for a complete lockdown from Tuesday to Monday. A notice issued by Sarpanch Sanjana Chari, however, has stated that groceries and essential shops will be allowed to remain open from 6 am to 11 am.
The panchayat has also cleared all the vendors doing business along the NH passing through the village.
At Raia, Sarpanch Minguelina D’Souza issued a public notice informing of the panchayat decision to impose a self-lockdown in the village from May 6-13. Grocery and other essential commodities shops will remain open from 7 am 1 pm during the lockdown period.
Sarpanch Minguelina D’Souza, besides villagers, including social worker Anthony Barbosa has made a fervent plea to the people to stay indoors during the lockdown and help break the Covid chain.
Benaulim Sarpanch Vencila Fernandes also issued a notice, announcing a lockdown in the panchayat area from May 6-12. The panchayat has also resolved to meet again on May 11 to take further measures if required.
Meanwhile, the Varca village panchayat has decided not to collect the weekly garbage in the village on May 7 due to the ongoing total lockdown.
Sarpanch Charlton Lourenco, however, has said the same garbage will be collected on May 10 by the panchayat.
