Bhubaneswar: In view of the weeklong lockdown in Odisha, the Odisha government has classified various departments as critical, partially critical and non-critical to manage various works related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
On Saturday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had declared a near-total lockdown in five districts and eight urban localities for a week from Sunday in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
The lockdown period will remain in force from 7 am on March 22 to 9 pm on March 29.