Eight densely populated areas of city placed under 'smart lockdown'.

RAWALPINDI -- Rawalpindi district administration has imposed smart lockdown in another eight densely populated areas of the district as the number of novel coronavirus cases are rising.

The smart lockdown in hotspot areas, imposed on Tuesday night to continue till 9p.m, July 3.

According to a notification issued by the Rawalpindi district administration, eight hotspot areas including Gulzar-e-Quaid, Khyban-e-Sir Syed, Dhoke Ali Akbar, Kotha Kalan, Morgah, Takhat Pari, Nankari Bazar and Bara Market here have been placed under the 'smart lockdown' for three days.

Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner (DC) Capt (Retd) Anwar ul Haq said that the smart lockdown was imposed in these areas to contain spread of coronavirus.

As part of the lockdown, he said that the movement of locals is being restricted while businesses - except of essential commodities - to remain closed.

He said, the administration on the directive of the government of Punjab, is taking safety measures for prevention and control of coronavirus.

All markets, shopping malls, restaurants, offices, (public and private) will remain closed in these areas. There will be a complete ban on movement of people into and from these areas by public and private transport except for limited movement of one person per vehicle to and from the exempted facilities.

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