New Delhi: In Azadpur mandi of Delhi, there has been a stir due to the increasing corona infection. The administration is investigating those coming in contact with those found positive. At the same time, 13 shops in the mandi have been sealed. 43 people have been quarantined, whose food is being arranged by Mandi.
A few days ago during the lockdown, the Kejriwal government decided to open the Azadpur mandi 24 hours. Given the circumstances and the need, the functioning of the mandi was cleared. Movement of trucks and luggage was increased. Full attention is being taken to social distancing and sanitization. But despite this, increasing cases in the market have increased the tension of the government.
However, the corona connection of Azadpur mandi has reached Alwar in Rajasthan. A vegetable cultivator in Alwar has been found to be corona positive. The Corona-infected man used to visit the Bansur Sabzi Mandi and Azadpur Sabzi Mandi in Delhi to collect payment on selling vegetables. At present, the district administration is investigating the travel history of the youth by creating a medical team. In contact with him, the driver carrying the vegetable car and his family have been quarantined. Curfew has been imposed in the area of ​​three kilometers. More than 700 people and their families are also being screened from UP cultivating vegetables.
Not only Alwar, but the corona disease that has emerged from Azadpur vegetable market in Delhi has reached Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar. The shopkeepers who are involved in bringing vegetables and buying and selling in Bahadurgarh and Jhajjar vegetable market have been found to be Corona positive. 9 people infected in Jhajjar are connected with Bahadurgarh vegetable market.
At the same time, one agent of Jhajjar Mandi and one laborer have also been found infected. 7 out of 10 new cases are also directly related to the vegetable market. In view of this, the district administration has closed the mandi till further orders.
Barricading has been done on both sides of the road. City council teams have started sanitization work. At the same time, the teams of the Health Department have started the work of identifying the relatives of the corona infected people and the people in contact. Sampling of people connected with vegetable market and grain market is being done. Strictness has also been increased on the Delhi border.
There is a huge crowd of traders and jobbers in Azadpur Mandi. This is the reason that controlling the crowd here and maintaining social distancing is no less than a challenge. Despite all efforts of the Delhi government, the corona cases are constantly increasing in the market and gradually the Azadpur market is becoming a corona market.
