Srinagar: In the third phase of the lockdown implemented in Jammu and Kashmir from today, the people were expected to get an additional exemption, on which the government diverted the three districts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua from the Orange Zone to the Red Zone. But the relief was that the facilities that were being given earlier in the Red Zone will continue.

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People and shopkeepers in Sabzi Mandi in Jammu are doing vegetable shopping following social distancing. Looking at them, it does not seem that this is the area of the Red Zone. The same situation is there in Pakda riot area of Jammu's books market. This is also a red zone, but here people are also seen making safe distance and shopping for books and stationery for children.

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The crowd here is not visible because the local administration has allowed market shopkeepers to open left-side shops on the first day and right-side shops on the second day. This is the situation in another red zone of Jammu. Here the lockdown is being implemented strictly by the administration. The administration has given permission to open only food and beverage shops. The districts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua have been shifted from Orange Zone to Red Zone because of the lockdown, more than 40 thousand labourers, students and people trapped in neighbouring states have started returning to Jammu and Kashmir which can pose a risk of infection.

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