*Govt to allow home delivery of bakery items ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr*

*Govt to allow home delivery of bakery items ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr*

SRINAGAR: The Srinagar district administration Friday decided to allow home delivery of bakery items in Srinagar by bakery units in the run up Eid-ul-Fitr falling by the end of this month.

In order to ensure that manufacturers follow all standard operating procedures in the production and delivery of bakery items, the authorities Friday held a counselling-cum-training programme for more than 180 bakers at Tagore Hall here.

Apart from district officials, the counselling session with the bakers was attended by leading doctors and food safety officers. Speaking to , DC Srinagar, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, who interacted with the bakery manufacturers, said they were being trained to follow all standard operating procedure.

“We have to understand that this problem (Covid-19) is going to stay with us for some time. Today we provided training to 180 bakers to ensure that SOPs are followed while production and home delivery of bakery products,” Choudhary said.

“The deliveries have to happen with complete precaution and only selected items of packaged bakeries will be allowed for home delivery,” the DC said.

He said Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) were distributed among 180 bakers on Friday to ensure that delivery mechanism is in line with the SOPs. Choudhary said in days to come the administration will also hold training sessions “for other service providers such as hair dressers and saloons, vegetable vendors, auto-rickshaw drivers, handloom and handicraft units holders, to prepare the city to be opened up once again.”

He said the bakers were informed that Covid-19 testing of persons involved in trade/service sectors including bakery will be conducted in a phase wise manner. “We have told the bakers to have thermal scanners outside their production units and ensure all safety mechanisms are followed,” Choudhary said.

The DC Srinagar said service providers, as also the bakers will be provided certification of ther completion COVID 19 precaution Training..