AMC Prohibits the entry of non-vaccinated citizens to visit any public establishment.
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has appointed 100 teams to ensure that its 'no vaccine-no-entry' rule is being implemented in the city to prohibit those people who have not taken COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, from visiting public places like malls and restaurants, said a Municipal officials.
The civic officials of the city has launched a campaign to identify the non-vaccinated citizens on Tuesday evening.
According to the officials, out of 3,000 people that these teams checked inside several malls, hotels and restaurants on day one, they caught 28 people who were yet to get either the second dose or both the doses.
HJ Solanki, director of the Solid Waste Management department said, "The drive was launched across the city by the Solid Waste Management (SWM) department of the corporation from Tuesday evening and will continue in the coming days to ensure that eligible people take COVID-19 vaccine doses."
Recently the AMC had asked the management of malls, commercial complexes, hotels and restaurants to restrict the entry of those who have not taken the COVID-19 vaccine doses.
The civic body has also order not to allow the citizen who haven't got their vaccination shots done in any public establishment like hotels, malls etc.
Mr Solanki also added that, In order to check if this rule is being followed, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has formed 100 teams for all the seven zones of the city and launched a drive from Tuesday evening, he said, adding that these teams visited nearly 180 establishments, such as malls, hotels and restaurants in the city from Tuesday evening and caught 28 persons who had entered these places without taking either both the doses or the second dose.
According to a survey of AMC, atleast 4 lakhs of city's residents haven't got their second dose of vaccination despite of being eligible for the same.
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