{"id":35181,"date":"2020-12-03T20:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=35181"},"modified":"2020-12-03T20:38:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:08:21","slug":"covid-19-people-flout-covid-19-norms-social-distancing-went-for-a-toss-in-markets-other-public-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=35181","title":{"rendered":"Covid- 19: People flout COVID-19 norms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Social distancing went for a toss in markets &amp; other public places<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Srinagar<\/b>: Though the authorities have announced that social distancing and wearing masks are mandatory in all public places, However, many across Srinagar and other districts are flouting social distancing norms and mask rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is pathetic to see such a large number of people shopping. Some are even not wearing masks. I came out to purchase medicines for my ailing father but no social distance norms are being followed,\u201d Shabir Ahmad, a resident of Bemina told news agency KINS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Customers in srinagar were seen moving from one shop to another without following the social distancing norms. Most of the shops were over-crowded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is scary to walk through markets.\u201d said Rafiya Bano, a resident of Khaniyar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople are thronging markets without following norms which is a matter of grave concern,\u201d said a shopkeeper at Lalchowk.<br \/>He said it was important to underline the importance of strictly following the COVID protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Some shopkeepers have arranged sanitisers so that customers would disinfect their hands before purchasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of people could be seen on the streets without wearing masks or maintaining social distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is despite authorities having announced that wearing masks was mandatory in all public places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do wear a mask to protect myself but it won\u2019t make any difference as less than 10 percent of people are wearing masks,\u201d Imran Ahmad, a resident of Nishat said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>He said the government should take strict measures to ensure people wear masks. \u201cIf wearing a mask has been made mandatory then why are law enforcing agencies not implementing these guidelines. Why don&#8217;t they fine those who are not following COVID guidelines,\u201d he asked.(KINS)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social distancing went for a toss in markets &amp; other public places Srinagar: Though the authorities have announced that social distancing and wearing masks are mandatory in all public places, However, many across Srinagar and other districts are flouting social distancing norms and mask rules. \u201cThis is pathetic to see such a large number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}