On Wednesday, Itanagar-Capital Region Deputy Commissioner Komkar Dulom, lifted the temporary suspension order to import fresh vegetables, which was earlier issued on 3 April last.
The decision has brought some relief to the denizens of the twin capital. On Wednesday, a batch of fresh vegetables which reached the market at Naharlagun quickly vanished from the shops as people hurried to purchase it within a few hours of its arrival. Earlier, in the wake of the nationwide lockdown, fresh vegetables, meat and fish have completely disappeared from the markets for weeks.
The order issued by the DC, however, prohibited import of any vegetable, meat, poultry products and fish from Covid-19 red zone areas of any neighbouring states.
The DC further informed that though, all the meat, poultry products, mithun, mutton and pork selling shops in the Itanagar-Capital Region shall function normally they have to strictly follow the standard operating procedure (SoP) of Covid-19 by maintaining social distancing, personal hygiene, use of sanitizer and mandatory use of face masks at the point of sale.
