COVID-19 Lockdown: Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Police To Seize Vehicles Used For Grocery Shopping

By OB Bureau On Apr 6, 2020

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: Twin City Police Commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi on Sunday warned people against using vehicles for purchasing grocery, vegetables and medicines.

“NO BIKE OR CAR USE FOR BUYING VEGETABLES , GROCERY, MEDICINE ETC. will be tolerated,” he tweeted.

The police commissioner said that any vehicle found at markets in these city and those without valid passes will be seized.

NO BIKE OR CAR USE FOR BUYING VEGETABLES , GROCERY, MEDICINE ETC. will be tolerated.

Any vehicle reaching any market with or without vehicle pass will be seized.

Please walk down to the nearby shop to make your purchases.
In emergency Dial 100.

— Dr Sudhanshu Sarangi (@SarangiSudhansu) April 5, 2020

He urged the denizens to walk down to the nearby shop and dial 100 in case of an emergency.

Cuttack DCP Akhileshwar Singh also tweeted about this restriction.

“From tomorrow onwards vehicles r no longer permitted for vegetable, grocery & Medicine shopping,” he wrote.

Stating that it is impossible to enforce the lockdown without public support, he urged the denizens of the Millennium City to cooperate with police.