PATNA: Two days after the lifting of lockdown in the state, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday asked the people to wear masks and maintain two-yard distance as only Covid-appropriate behaviour can prevent the transmission of the virus.
The CM visited various localities of the city to have personal experience of the responses of the people to the process of unlocking that began from June 9.
To break the transmission chain, the government had imposed the lockdown on May 5, which continued till June 8.
The process of unlocking began from June 9 with some restrictions, like night curfew, still in place.
On June 9 and 10, it was observed that the people, who came out on the roads in large numbers, were also violating the Covid-appropriate behaviour.
Many were seen not wearing masks and throwing social distancing norms to winds.
It forced the CM to make a round of the urban stretch of Patna.
After the visit, he tweeted, “Today, I visited some of the localities of Patna urban areas.
Saw that several people were not wearing masks.
Due to this lapse on their part, the coronavirus transmission might increase again.
I appeal to the people of Bihar to wear masks and also maintain a two-yard distance among them.” Among the localities that Nitish visited included Raja Bazar, Saguna Mor, Danapur Cantt, Danapur, Digha, Mainpura, Rajapur Pul, Gandhi Maidan, Ashok Rajpah, Fraser Road, Dakbungalow crossing and I-T roundabout.