Shops selling essential goods to remain open in Salem

TNN | Mar 25, 2020, 04.41 AM IST

SALEM: Shops providing essential commodities such as vegetables, milk parlours, medical stores and grocery shops will remain open in Salem.

However, the Salem municipal corporation (SMC) officials have asked the supermarkets and commercial establishments (marriage halls, malls etc) in the city to be closed from on Tuesday onwards. Any shop with a housing capacity of more than 10 people has to remain closed.

The state government has imposed section 144 of CrPC across Tamil Nadu as a preventive measure against Covid-19. The state also directed the hotels to provide only ‘take away’ parcels and not to accommodate customers inside the hotel.

Meanwhile, the Salem district administration and the corporation officials have started inspecting the city since Tuesday evening. They shut down supermarkets and commercial complexes that were seen operating after 6 pm on Tuesday.

The corporation officials warned that, they will permanently seal the shops if owners violate government order.