VALPOI: In the wake up of rising coronavirus cases in the State, locals of Keri, Sattari have voluntarily decided to “lock down” the entire village for four days.
Stringent curfew restrictions through self-isolation will be followed and at the same time ensuring the smooth movement of essentials.
“The self-isolation exercise will begin from Monday, which will continue for four days, as we received information on a Morlem villager testing positive for COVID-19. The Keri villagers approached the panchayat members and have decided to go for a complete lockdown of village and self-isolation. All the commercial activities within the village will be closed. But the vehicular moment will be on as Goa–Karnataka road passes through Keri, but we won’t allow any vehicles to stop in our village”. said Devendra Gawas, a prominent citizen.
He said, “Essential services will remain open and government employees such as health and police will be attending their regular duties but private employees have decided not to attend during these four days. Depending on the situation, we will decide whether to extend lockdown or not.”
