Sindh govt permits industries to resume operations amid lockdown

The Sindh government has granted permission to industrial businesses to resume their operations amid coronavirus lockdown.

The number of 82 industries has been allowed by the government to resume the operations after submitting an undertaking to fully follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)s designed as a precaution in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

A notification issued by the Sindh home department stated that 82 factories were allowed to resume their operation to complete their export orders. “The factories would be bound to follow the SOPs amid coronavirus outbreak,” the notification stated.

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Noteworthy, the provincial authorities on Monday had sealed three factory units in Karachi for violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the Sindh government to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Spokesman to the provincial government Murtaza Wahab had said that all three factories were sealed in the Korangi area of Karachi for not following the SOPs set by the government amid the coronavirus lockdown.

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It emerged that the provincial government received more than 450 applications to reopen industries including 350 from Karachi and around 100 from Hyderabad, Nooriabad, Kotri and other parts of Sindh.

“Strict action will be taken against all those sectors who will not follow the standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid out by the government,” warned CM Murad.

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