Abhijit Sinha, Principal Secretary, Home, issued the report on Law & Order and facilitation of essential Goods & Services for the 25th of April, 2020. According to the report, 4 (Four) violations of the lockdown were reported and 4 (Four) persons were bound down. However, no Law and Order incident has been reported in any part of the State.

            On essential goods, the report informed that groceries and other food shops including milk shops were open in all the districts except in Wokha. Medicinal shops continue to remain open in all the districts of the State. There has been no report of shortage of food and other essentials in any part of the State.

According to the report, no restriction was imposed on the movement of commercial vehicles for distribution of essential commodities and service providers. Suitable arrangements have been made in Dimapur, Mon, Peren and Wokha for providing food and shelter to migrant workers affected by the COVID-19 restrictions. In this regard, there are 4 (Four) active relief camps where 439 (Four Hundred and Thirty Nine) migrant labourers are housed and 4 (Four) active food camps. Further, more than 2,000 (Two Thousand) daily wagers and needy people were provided food/dry ration.

(Wepre Kronu, APRO)