ITANAGAR, Jun 19: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) has called off the 12-day complete lockdown in Pasighat Municipal Corporation areas which it imposed earlier as a measure to contain the possible community transmission of Covid-19 in the township.
Through a press release on Friday, AAPSU said that the decision has been taken as the test results of the primary and secondary contacts came ‘negative’, thereby allaying fears of a possible community transmission of the virus in the township. The release said that the decision had been arrived after duly assessing all the on-ground measures taken by the East Siang District Administration and in-depth discussions on the scenario with the East Siang District Indigenous Covid-19 Warriors team and the union’s federal units i.e. All East Siang District Students’ Union (AESDSU) and others. Effectively, the lockdown has ceased to exist from 5 pm on Friday.
AAPSU while clarifying that it had to take the lockdown decision earlier due to escalating fears of community transmission, however suggested the District Administration to work in close coordination with all the stakeholders viz, students unions, CBOs and NGOs. It has also assured that AESDSU members shall continue to render voluntary services as Covid-19 volunteers whenever required.
The union has also urged all the District Administrations of the state to be more proactive in their Covid combat efforts, adding that any laxity will compel them to come up with similar initiatives in other districts as well.
Meanwhile, areas such as the RWD Office Complex near NCC office in Ward No. 6 and Kadu Complex at Jarkong under Ward No. 7 of the township have been sealed off by the DA as a precautionary measure. AAPSU PR

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