It Was Total Compliance In Trichy District

Trichy: The lockdown on Sunday saw full compliance from the public as only those needing essentials or attending scheduled weddings in the central region ventured out on Sunday. Police said that the people had cooperated as even arterial roads wore a deserted look.

In Trichy, all the commercial streets - Thillai Nagar main road, Bharathidasan road in Cantonment and Singarathope - were completely deserted. It was the same in Thanjavur and Kumbakonam. “Arterial roads did not witness even 1% of the usual buzz. People had genuine reasons to step out with evidence such as medical prescriptions. This is the most successful lockdown we have ever patrolled since the beginning of the pandemic,” a police officer in Trichy city said.

The police personnel, apart from penalising people venturing without facemasks, also provided facemask to the violators free of cost. The Central and Chathiram bus stands were completely deserted as TNSTC crew members had moved the fleets to the depots on Saturday night. Similarly, the taxi and autorickshaw stands were vacant. Except for essential service providers, police said that the roads did not witness any other vehicular movement.

A few petrol bunks were kept available but the workers reported poor demand for fuel refilling throughout the day. The city saw a few weddings held as per plan. However, there were complaints of the city police harassing the public returning from a wedding in Srirangam. “Although we had facemasks, the police personnel stationed near Chathiram bus stand levied and collected Rs 200 as spot penalty from us. We were told that they have a penalty target every day to achieve, so we ought to pay the penalty,” said K Ganesh Kumar, a Nadaswaram artist. tnn


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