Reportedly the complete lockdown in the major urban centres of tamilnadu, including chennai and coimbatore, came into force on sunday with groceries and vegetable shops also shutting down as civic bodies intensified disinfection work in their respective regions. While police patrol vehicles and flying squads of civic bodies alone could be seen in chennai, coimbatore, madurai, salem and Tiruppur, people in some localities loitered around and police warned them to stay indoors.
Some special buses were operated to cater to the requirements of government employees linked to essential services. Men employed with food delivery aggregators rushing on their motorcycles to deliver eatables could also be seen in most areas. chennai police said on sunday alone 826 cases have been filed for violating lockdown norms and 543 two-wheelers, 35 light motor vehicles -including cars- and 24 auto rickshaws have been seized. State police said a total of 2,76,183 vehicles have been seized so far and a fine of Rs 3.27 crore levied.
DMK president M K stalin hit out at the AIADMK government, alleging it announced the four-day shutdown without any preparations and all of a sudden pushing people into a state of confusion leading to panic buying of essentials on Saturday.The top Dravidian party leader asked the government to act with "forethought" and act "expeditiously." Regions close to chennai and falling under Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, and Tiruvallur districts, besides districts including Cuddalore, thiruvarur and Nagapattinam were also fully shut on Sunday.
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