Overenthusiastic zest for vegetable shopping forced Assam Government to roll back many of the exemption as thousands came out all over Assam making a mockery of the Lockdown.
This morning people of Assam were shocked to find thousands of people in numerous markets across Assam buying vegetable, fish and fruit.
The whole miscommunication got originated from Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's announcement at Tezpur where he said all these shops would remain open.
"I am ashamed and hurt by the behaviour of the people. We decided to help them but they did the opposite. So we decided to close the market" said Chief Minster.
This enthused people to come out taking the entire administration off guard. Markets were up and running at Ganeshguri Nalbari, Tinsukia, Jorhat and everywhere.
An embarrassed government by afternoon had to announce thatexemptions for vegetables, fruits and poultry was withdrawn and only pharmacyand grocery shops would remain open.
The State government announced that home delivery has been organizedbut it is unlikely to happen before Monday.
In the process, the whole attention has been diverted from fighting corona to crowd management.
This is what Assam Chief Secretary announced :
: As per theinstruction of Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister, Assam Kumar Sanjay Krishna, Chief Secretary, Assam hasissued the following directives:
