Kathmandu Valley CDO meeting begins, preparations are underway to tighten the lockdown

KATHMANDU: TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021 – Meetings of Chief District Officers of all the three districts of Kathmandu Valley have started. Chief District Officer of Bhaktapur Prem Prasad Bhattarai informed Makalu Khabar that the meeting has just started. He informed that the meeting will review the ban six days after its inception and decide on what to do next.

He said that the decision would be taken after discussion as the meeting has just started. But according to sources in all the three district administration offices, preparations have been made to increase the ban more strictly.

The ban, which was imposed for seven days in the first phase, will end on Wednesday at 12 noon. Although the first phase of the ban seems to be effective for controlling cobwebs, the district administration offices are unanimous that the second phase should be more strictly imposed as the influx of people has not been stopped.

“We are still preparing to extend the lockdown for a week and tighten it. Today’s meeting will give it official status, ‘the source said.