NAWANSHAHR: On the instructions of Jagdish Singh Johal, SDM Nawanshahr, the Nawanshahr Market Committee through the team of Health Department, today conducted Covid sampling in Sabzi Mandi Nawanshahr. On this occasion Paramjit Singh, Secretary, Market Committee, Nawanshahr, in a meeting with all the Arhtiyas of Sabzi Mandi, directed them to ensure that no person should be allowed to enter the mandi without a mask. He said that each commission agent would provide mask and sanitizer for his labour and would follow the guidelines of Covid-19 in the market. He said that the market committee has provided water and soap to enable the washing of hands by general public at the main entry gate. He also said that as per the orders of the district administration, the sale and purchase of retail in the mandi would be banned till further orders. He further appealed to the Arhtiyas to support the government and the administration in this difficult time. He said that the district administration has strongly instructed that the vegetable market at Nawanshahr would be for wholesale only and the retail items would be procured by the public from the hawkers in their respective localities.