People make advance purchases ahead of Sunday lockdown
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People purchasing vegetables at T.K. Market in the city on Saturday evening. | Photo Credit: SIVA SARAVANAN S
The 24-hour lockdown has coupled with the night curfew, effecting an extended lockdown of 30 hours. The lockdown coupled with the night curfew started from 10 p.m. on Saturday. As the night curfew is from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., the lockdown will be over by 4 a.m. on Monday.
G. Stalin, Deputy Commissioner (Law and Order), Coimbatore City Police, said that essential services as prescribed by the government will be exempted. Police forces will be deployed across the city limits to check the compliance, he said.