While DC Kangpokpi is yet to respond to the KTC representation, a source from the town committee said that ‘A’ marked shops in the town will start opening Tuesday.
TFM Kangpokpi Representative
After a prolonged closure of shops, except for groceries ones in Kangpokpi town, the local bodies under the aegis of Kangpokpi Town Committee in its joint meeting on Wednesday decided to open all shops in a previous manner applied by the district administration.
Earlier, all shops were opened alternately by marking “A” and “B” from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Kangpokpi Town Committee chairman L Kipgen in his representation submitted to the DC Kangpokpi stated that the local bodies, including Kangpokpi Women Welfare Organisation, Kangpokpi Youth Union, and Kangpokpi Town Churches Fellowship, under the aegis of Kangpokpi Town Committee discussed at length steps taken by the district administration and locals to curb the further spread of COVID-19 in Kangpokpi town.
He said that the active participation of the district administration, district police, COVID task force, Kangpokpi, et al saved the town from a worse situation from the dreaded virus.
However, garment shopkeepers made a verbal complaint stating that they are unable to earn a living and pay the house rent due to lockdown while most of the shopkeepers in Kangpokpi town are migrant shopkeepers from different parts of the country, he added.
He stated that considering the condition of the shopkeepers it has been decided to continue Kangpokpi bazar lockdown in a previous manner applied by the district administration, i.e. ‘A’ marked shops on day one and ‘B’ marked shops on the next day, alternately from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm.
While DC Kangpokpi is yet to respond to the KTC representation, a source from the town committee said that ‘A’ marked shops in the town will start opening tomorrow.
Meanwhile, following the death of an 80-year-old man from Keithelmanbi, the fatality of COVID-19 in Kangpokpi district climbed to 46 while with 11 new cases of positive detected in the past 24 hours, the infection also climbed to 170.
It may be mentioned that new positive cases have been detected in Kangpokpi town daily with almost 20 active cases in the town alone till Wednesday.