The district administration has closed the entrance to Bank Road in Saddar, a policeman reprimands a shopkeeper for selling garments despite the lockdown in Bara Market, banners have been hung up on poles on the overhead bridge at Chandni Chowk to create awareness of the precautionary measures against Covid-19 while the bus terminal at Faizabad lies deserted on Monday. Photos by Mohammad Asim
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration is establishing more Covid-19 vaccination centres in the city to facilitate people and carry out the inoculation process smoothly, sources told Dawn.
On the other hand, 10 people lost their battle against Covid-19 in Rawalpindi and Islamabad during the last 24 hours.
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Manav Mander
Ludhiana, April 27
A day after the bodies of two Covid patients were ferried on a cart and an auto-rickshaw for cremation without following the safety protocol, negligence on part of the Health Department in maintaining record of patients who died due to Covid has come to the fore. An inquiry has been marked into the matter by the Civil Surgeon.
Two patients Bhagwan Shah (67) of Focal Point and Kanta Rani (60) of Amarpura were admitted to the Civil Hospital, where they died on Sunday after testing positive.
After postmortem on Monday, the bodies were handed over to the families for cremation in sealed bags (with Covid positive marking), but as ambulances at the hospitals were busy, the families made own arrangements and ferried the bodies to the crematorium. Shah’s body was taken in an auto-rickshaw, while Rani’s body arrived at the crematorium on a hand-pulled cart.
Streetlights across the city remain dysfunctional
Islamabad
April 12, 2021
Pindiites are angry over damaged streetlights that have been out of order for a long time now. Several localities plunge into darkness as night falls. Movement on the city roads during the night has become risky, as a large number of streetlights lie inoperative.
“Thousands of streetlights installed in the city over the last few decades, but a small portion of them is working. With so many streetlights out of order, parts of the city are plunged into darkness soon after sunset. The concerned department is eschewing its responsibility to replacing or repairing faulty streetlights,” says Esa Naqvi.