Bangladesh Navy has increased patrol in Mongla to implement the 14-day strict lockdown. A coordinated operation was launched on the Mongla-Khulna road from Saturday morning to enforce the lockdown in the area.
Contingents of police, upazila administration and personnel of Bangladesh Navy are assisting the local administration in implementing the lockdown by taking position in the city and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, shops and other commercial establishments in the city have been closed since Saturday morning.No one is leaving the house without necessity, but if they do, they are being interrogated and fined.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Komolesh Majumder, Executive Magistrate and Upazila Assistant Commissioner (Land) Nayan Kumar Rajbangshi and Mongla Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury led the local administration in implementing the lockdown. Besides, in order to implement the 14-day strict lockdown as per the government instructions, the police has intensified surveillance in various hats and bazaars of the upazila from the morning of July 23.
