Govt Advisory: The central government has made it clear in its instruction that a fine of Rs 1000 will be imposed on those who violate the lockdown or there can be a jail term of 6 months. The advisory issued by the central govt clearly states that legal action will be taken against those who violate the lockdown. There are strict instructions to the states that lockdown should be followed.


Enforce strictly, take legal action against violators: Centre to states on COVID-19 lockdown Read @ANI story | https://t.co/xbT0hSogYb pic.twitter.com/KYfTwuxRva Advertisement — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) March 23, 2020

The lockdown has been announced in 23 states of the country to stop the growing terror of the Coronavirus. Lockdown has been announced till 31 March in many states including Delhi, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Maharashtra. At the same time in Uttar Pradesh, the lockdown has been announced in 16 cities till 25 March. The only motive is to prevent people from going into the crowd so that the coronavirus does not enter stage-3 in the country.

Restrictions under section 144 of CrPC will be imposed in Tamil Nadu from 6 PM tomorrow till March 31. Shops of milk, vegetable, grocery, mutton, chicken & fish will continue to function in this period. State borders will be sealed: CM Edappadi Palanisamy in the Assembly #Covid19 pic.twitter.com/0KWGx1QFXu — ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2020

However, such pictures have come out from some states in which people are not seen following the lockdown completely. People were seen roaming outside in the name of buying essential goods and now the central government has issued advisory to avoid this situation.

Apart from this, the Prime Minister of the country Narendra Modi has also said that people who are not taking the lockdown seriously and are not following the instructions, such people should be made to follow the rules and laws.

लॉकडाउन को अभी भी कई लोग गंभीरता से नहीं ले रहे हैं। कृपया करके अपने आप को बचाएं, अपने परिवार को बचाएं, निर्देशों का गंभीरता से पालन करें। राज्य सरकारों से मेरा अनुरोध है कि वो नियमों और कानूनों का पालन करवाएं। — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 23, 2020

PM Modi made a tweet and wrote in it that “many people are still not taking the lockdown seriously. Please save yourself, save your family, follow the instructions seriously. I request the state governments to get the rules and laws followed. ”

Let us tell you that the number of people infected with the coronavirus in the country has increased to 418 and only in Maharashtra, 22 new cases have been reported since last night. After this, the number of people positive from Coronavirus in Maharashtra increased to 89.