RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi District Administration on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi Amir Aqiq Khan, here on Wednesday has sealed 51 shops on violation of corona Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by the Punjab government.
According to a district administration spokesman, the administration under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner City, Rawalpindi Waqas Sikandari and AC Taxila also imposed fines amounting to Rs 45, 000 on the violators.
He informed that the shops were sealed in Rawalpindi city and Taxila areas while four violators were also sent behind the bars.
The AC City sealed 17 shops in Murree Road and Commercial Market while AC Taxila sealed 34 shops on violations of the government orders and SOPs.
He informed that the DC had directed the Assistant Commissioners and Magistrates to remain in the field and ensure strict implementation of the SOPs and other preventive measures issued by the government to contain spread of coronavirus.
The DC urged the citizens to adopt all possible precautionary measures against corona as implementation of SOPs is inevitable to control spread of the virus.
Necessary action was also being taken against the violators, he said adding, the Delta variant is the fastest, fittest and most formidable version of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 for which special precautionary measures should be adopted by all the citizens.
He informed that the administration had launched crackdown in the entire district and action was being taken against the violators.