In an order issued by State Executive Committee (SEC) headed by Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, the government announced the classification of districts in Jammu & Kashmir as Red, Orange and Green for the purpose of implementing the lockdown, with effect from May 20, 2020.
The order was issued by Chief Secretary, who is also chairman of SEC and it stated that all the districts of Kashmir province, except Ganderbal and Bandipora are listed as Red zones, while Kathua, Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu Province have been declared Red zones.
Similarly, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Reasi, Udhampur and Jammu districts have been classified under Orange category. Likewise, Doda, Kishtwar, Poonch and Rajouri districts have been put in Green category.
The order said that the Chief Secretary in the exercise of the powers conferred under section 24 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, hereby orders that the classification of districts into Red, Orange, and Green categories be made for Jammu and Kashmir.
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