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Ensure timely inspection of bakeries, breadmen

The first sound you hear in the morning is of the breadman's horn who brings 'pao' and 'poyi' for breakfast. However, there are complaints that some bakeries in the villages do not work in clean and hygienic conditions. During the erstwhile regime, health and sanitary inspectors inspected the bakeries to see whether the mats on which dough balls are spread were clean; whether the workers wore caps to cover their hair and the baskets in which breadmen carried bread for sale were clean. We don't hear of such inspections now. It is also important that the breadmen wear face masks. Here again, we see that some don't wear masks reasoning out that it is uncomfortable. You can imagine how many families who buy bread can get the virus if the breadman is infected. In this situation, the authorities must find the time and inspect the bakeries as they are all the more necessary and important now in order to halt the spread of the virus. 


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Social distancing not followed in KTC buses

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Sep 23, 2020, 5:53 PM IST
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It has been pointed out that social distancing is not being followed anymore in buses run by the Kadamba Transport Corporation, especially in its special fleet catering to the staff of the Secretariat in Porvorim, other offices and shuttle buses. A video uploaded on social media shows how standing passengers are pushing and jostling one another. It is absolutely impossible to maintain social distancing in such circumstances. Hence in order to maintain social distancing in…

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