SAPTARI: The District Administration Office, Saptari, has extended a prohibitory order in the district for a week until August 18.
The prohibitory order that was clamped in the district on August 4 following a surge in COVID-19 infection cases is expiring on August 10.
The meeting of the district security committee and the district crisis management center decided to extend the prohibitory order, said Ananda Thakur, Administrative Officer and Information Officer at the DAO.
During the prohibitory order, mobility of people has been restricted completely except for emergency.
The District Administration Office has completely prohibited the operation of any vehicles except ambulances and vehicles carrying essential goods like food grains, cooking gas, milk, water, medicines, petroleum products, vegetables and the vehicles of emergency services such as communications, health, electricity and banks.