EARly Times Report
JAMMU, Mar 20: United Democratic Alliance (UDA), J&K today urged Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to make wearing of masks compulsory across the J&K UT to combat spread of coronavirus.
“It is noted that persons are not complying with directions for use of face cover therefore LG must direct general population within the UT to compile with government instruction in order to safeguard human life and health,” UDA Convenor Rajiv Mahajan said in a statement issued here on Saturday.
He appealed all persons moving for whatsoever purpose and under whatever reason/authority in public places like street, hospital, office, market, etc must compulsorily wear a mask. No person/official will attend any meeting/gathering without wearing masks, he said.
“The main benefit of all people wearing masks is that in infected persons, the mask will help prevent droplets from getting into the air and infecting others. They are thus reducing the spread of infection to others,” he said adding that wearing face masks therefore protects the user and also the others around.
The signatories to the statement included Lt Gen. (Retd.) Pradeep Singh Mehta Principal Advisor, Manish Sahni Former Convener, IG (Retd.) Sudhir Dogra General Secretary, Co- Conveners Col. (Retd.) S.S Pathania, Com. (Retd.) Bhushan Devan, Col. (Retd.) PS Jamwal, Col. J.P Singh, (Retd. DC) Vijay Sharma, (Retd. DC) M. L. Sharma, Er. V.K. Gupta (Retd. SE), R.K Khajuria (Retd. ETO), Varinder Gupta (Retd. Special Secretary), R.C Puri (Retd. K.A.S), Krishan Manhas, Satish Ponshi, Kulbir Singh Slathia, Bharat Bhushan Gupta, Gajan Singh Khajuria, Rajinder Gupta, Rajeev Luthra, Prem Sharma, Vivek Wazir, Rakesh Badyal, Pawan Gupta, Sanjay Jandyal, Varnider Singh Billawria, Yash Khajuria, Jaswinder Singh (Kuku), Sanjeev Sharma, Dr. Karan Gupta, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Rajinder Gupta (Bittu), Ravi Tikku, Rakesh Slathiya, Sushil Singh Jamwal (Retd. General Manager J K Cement), Shashi Bhushan Sharma (Contractor), Sheikh Sajjaad Poonchi (Retd. Principal), Sushil Singh Charak and Tanish Sharma.
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