Ludhiana, May 10: Deputy Commissioner-cum-DistrictMagistrate Varinder Kumar Sharma has notified four sites as temporary jails inthe city to lodge the people who would be found violating curfew imposed tocontain Covid-19.
The District Magistrate said that temporary jails have beenset up at New SD School at Bahadurke Road, indoor stadium on Pakhowal Road,Guru Nanak Stadium and Valmiki Bhawan in Moti Nagar. He said that these siteswill become functional as temporary jails and violators will be detained inthese open jails.
He said ADCPs Pragya Jain, Jaskaranjit Singh Teja, SameerVerma and Rupinder Kaur Saran have been appointed as superintendent of thesetemporary jails.
He said the people who would be seen roaming around in thecity for no reason which can lead to spread of Covid-19, would be roundup anddetained in open jails, he added.