Rourkela: The Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) on Saturday ordered the lifting of the containment zone order in the remaining areas of the city with immediate effect.
The order was issued by the RMC Commissioner Dibyajyoti Parida.
Violence had erupted in the steel city on May 26 after irate locals demanding lifting of the containment order had pelted police with stones.
The RMC had declared some areas of the city as containment and buffer zones on April 26 after a person tested positive for COVID-19.
Though the Corporation lifted restrictions in the buffer zones from Mangal Bhawan to Janata Nivas along the Power House Road and from Madhusudan Marg to Anand Bhawan Lane on Monday night, it had said that these areas will remain as containment zones till further orders. Besides, it had also said that only vehicles with passes will be allowed in the buffer zone. To restrict the movement of people, the police had put up 10 barricades at different places along this road.
Protesting against the decision of the corporation, the residents of Mahatab Road area on Tuesday removed the barricades and staged a demonstration in front of the Plant Site Police Station, demanding immediate lifting of the containment order.
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