Restrict entry and exit points

The time has come when the government has to tighten its grip to ensure that the COVID-19 is prevented from spreading. The spike in cases across Jammu and Kashmir has started haunting the people here as the cases have crossed 3000-mark Tuesday with Srinagar topping the list with 1144 cases. It is something that needs to be introspected and a decision in this regard has to be taken at an earliest to prevent the virus from spreading. It seems that the situation in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is going out of control. But, the time is apt for the government to prevent Delhi and Mumbai like situation here in Jammu and Kashmir. In this regard, the government has already declared nearly 170 areas and localities as Micro Containment Zones and Containment Zones with an aim to prevent the cases from spreading. However, there is a need to take further steps vis-à-vis these localities to ensure that the notifying these areas as Micro Containment Zones and Containment Zones will bear a fruit. Thus, simultaneously there is a need to impose restrictions in these localities. The government in order to prevent the cases should for the period of some days restrict the entry and exit of public movement in these localities, which as per the experts too would help in preventing the cases. This advice of the experts must be implemented in letter and spirit for at least one week so that the rising number of cases can be curbed well on time. In case the apt steps are not taken, the government after some time will have no option other than imposing the general lockdown, which would have serious consequences on the people as well the government as well.