• Essential commodity shops allowed to open on all days from 6:00 am-6:00 pm
• Night curfew from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am
Dimapur, September 3 (MExN): The existing lockdown measures issued by the Nagaland government on August 19 will continue to remain in force in Dimapur district with the additional relaxations and directives, with effect from September 3 till September 16.
An order issued by Dimapur Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Soundararajan on September 3 informed that shops/business establishments dealing with essential goods and commodities such as vegetable, fish/ meat vendors, milk booths, bakeries, local grocery stores, public utility services like LPG and e-commerce services etc may remain open on all the days from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
All other shops/business establishments dealing with all kinds of goods/items/articles and also all shops located in New Market, Hongkong Market and Hazi Park have been permitted to open from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The duration of the night curfew will be from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am, the DC’s order stated.
Any person violating this order shall be penalized as per the provisions of Section 51 to 60 of the Disaster Management Act 2005 besides legal action under Section 188 of the IPC, it added.
