Coronavirus: Authorities in Kashmir enforce lockdown

Srinagar : Authorities in Kashmir on Monday started enforcing a lockdown to help check the spread of coronavirus in the valley.
Police vehicles fitted with public address systems went around residential areas in the city and elsewhere in the valley early in the morning to announce that restrictions under CrPC Section 144, barring assembly of people, had been imposed.
People were requested to stay indoors and not venture out unnecessarily.
The union territory administration in Sunday announced a lockdown across Jammu and Kashmir till 31 March as part of its efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.
People associated with 16 essential services, including healthcare, have been exempted from the restrictions.
Markets across the valley were shut and public transport was off the roads with only pharmacies and groceries allowed to open, officials said.