BICHOLIM
Shops and establishments remained closed in Bicholim on Friday, as part of the statewide lockdown.
The markets in Bicholim, Sankhali and other parts of the taluka were closed, except for shops dealing with essential supplies and medicines.
A few buses were seen at the KTC bus stand, but there were very few passengers availing of bus services.
The Goa Bagayatdar, banks and cooperative societies remained open with a few staff.
"People are scared of contracting Covid and it they refrain from moving out of their homes, it will definitely curb the spread of the infection," said Dr Shekhar Salkar.
Bicholim police cordoned off various places and stopped people from unnecessarily moving around.
Bicholim Municipal Council Chairperson Kundan Falari appealed to people to take all these precautions.
“We have asked people to close their shops in some places. They have responded. If everyone cooperates, it will be possible to control Covid cases,” said Falari.
Speaker Rajesh Patnekar appealed to people to fully support the lockdown till Monday. He also visited different parts of the city and took stock of the situation.
Bicholi Deputy Collector Deepak Vaiganakar, DySP Sandesh Chodankar, PI Mahesh Gadekar were closely monitoring the situation in Bicholim taluka. At some places, the police fined some youth for wandering without justified reasons.
