In an un­prece­dented but much-needed or­der, the chief min­is­ter of Pun­jab -Cap­tain Amarinder Singh has or­dered an in­def­i­nite cur­few in the en­tire state of Pun­jab with­out re­lax­ation what­so­ever. All deputy com­mis­sion­ers of all dis­tricts have been or­dered to is­sue the cur­few or­ders forth­with and en­sure strict and com­plete com­pli­ance.

AS THE SPREAD OF THE COVID19 VIRUS VIC­TIMS STEADILY IN­CREASES in Pun­jab, the state gov­ern­ment has or­dered a com­plete cur­few with­out any re­lax­ation for any­one for any time. It is a 24-hour cur­few and this writer has heard gov­ern­ment an­nounce­ments on the streets of Lud­hi­ana ask­ing res­i­dents to stay put at home and warned of strict ac­tion against vi­o­la­tors of the or­ders.

The re­turn of many Pun­jab res­i­dents from Coro­n­avirus-af­fected coun­tries like Italy, the United King­dom, United States and other parts of Eu­ropes has par­tic­u­larly af­fected the Doaba re­gion of the state. In the last few days, while the sen­si­ble and de­voted are work­ing over­time to help hu­man­ity in this hour of dis­tress and agony, some id­iots are danc­ing on the streets.

Af­ter re­view­ing sit­u­a­tion with Chief Sec­re­tary & @DGP­Pun­jabPo­lice, CM @cap­t_a­marinder an­nounced full cur­few with no re­lax­ations. DCs have been asked to is­sue or­ders ac­cord­ingly. Any per­son re­quired to be given re­lax­ation will be so al­lowed specif­i­cally for given pe­riod & pur­pose. pic.twit­ter.com/​a7oYGJyKYF

— CMO Pun­jab (@CMOPb) March 23, 2020

The thump­ing of thalis and conchs could have been clearly avoided, as it has added to the cel­e­bra­tion spree amongst the to­tally il­lit­er­ate and stu­pid peo­ple on the streets. The own­ers of some chemist shops and liquor vends want to cash in on the agony show­ing crass in­hu­man and self­ish ten­den­cies.

The mo­rons at the SGPC, in­stead of show­ing lead­er­ship qual­ity -which in any case was not ex­pected, started Kar Sewa in Pa­tiala. The Sikh re­li­gious and po­lit­i­cal lead­er­ship has not risen to the oc­ca­sion.

The hu­man­i­tar­ian con­tri­bu­tion of United Sikhs, Khalsa Aid and many other re­gional groups across Pun­jab, Delhi and the world is ex­em­plary.  It is com­fort­ing to note that the DS­GMC has opened Gur­d­wara inns as care cen­tres.

Even the Chief Min­is­ter of Pun­jab woke up late. Nev­er­the­less, now he has. How­ever, as I hear the move­ment of two-wheel­ers by row­dies on the roads as I type these lines, there is no choice but to strictly en­force the cur­few with hefty fines.

Mean­while, thank you to the doc­tors, para­medics, health work­ers, pi­lots, purs­ers, air host­esses, air­port staff, me­dia the po­lice and the ad­min­is­tra­tion for at­tempt­ing to put some sense in a sense­less and men­tally-broke pop­u­la­tion.