DC made Covid 19 negative test or vaccination card compulsory for all gatherings
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
Keeping in view the rising number of Covid cases and mass level Covid violations done by the residents, the district administration of Amritsar has made the possession of COVID-19 negative test report or vaccination proof mandatory for attending any social, religious, sports, entertainment gathering, a move aimed at containing the infection spread.
The orders “the ceiling of 100 people (for indoor) and 200 people (for outdoor) on various indoor and outdoor social/religious/sports/entertainment/cultural gatherings shall be strictly enforced” were issued by Amritsar Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira on Sunday.
Deputy commissioner has directed all the sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) and their police counterparts will ensure that these directions are strictly followed in their sub divisions by regularly visiting marriage palaces, restaurants, among others, according to the order.
The demotivate the residents, to curtail unnecessary movement of their, the deputy commissioner has strictly ordered that “fine shall be imposed for violation of above ceiling limit on the organisers and the persons found violating social distancing and are without face masks at such gatherings or on the persons roaming at crowded places like chowks etc,” the order clearly stated.
The organisers of such events shall ensure that any person attending such event should be either tested negative for coronavirus, 72 hours prior to the event, or should have been vaccinated and carries its proof,” it said.
“DC made Covid 19 negative test or vaccination card compulsory for all gatherings and even fine shall also be imposed on shopkeepers and customers for not wearing masks and they will also be tested for COVID-19”, the order said.
March 19,2021
