RAJKOT: Taking a cue from Morbi civic body’s decision, the Rajkot and Devbhumi Dwarka district administrations have also made it mandatory for shopkeepers and roadside vendors in rural areas to keep with them Covid negative report, which should not be older than 10 days.
The Rajkot administration made it mandatory for the entire rural area covering all the talukas and villages.
This notification is binding on wholesale and retail vegetable vendors, entire staff working in hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and shops, roadside eateries, rickshaw and taxi drivers, paan shops and tea stall owners, hair saloons and beauty parlour staff, guards of private security agencies and skilled workers like like electricians, plumbers etc.
The notification, which is effective immediately, doesn’t apply to Rajkot city areas.
Those who have taken one dose of vaccine are exempt from this rule.
This decision has been taken to maximize vaccination as there is a resistance among people in the rural areas.
In all, 14,787 people have tested positive in Rajkot rural area since March last year and around 7,300 people vaccinated.
Similar, notification has also been issued by the Dwarka administration.