Itanagar, July 17: The people of Yomcha Circle in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh have decided to impose ‘self-lockdown’ in the area for a week following rise in Covid-19 cases.

The administration did not issue any order but the people of Yomcha Circle in West Siang district themselves decided to observe lockdown from Friday to July 22.

On Thursday, the decision was made during a meeting in which local people and government officers participated. Yomcha is around 24 km from Aalo, the district headquarters, and has a population of over 2,000.

West Siang district in the past few days has recorded 112 fresh Covid-19 cases.

According to official, the entry and exit of any person and vehicle from or towards Yomcha shall be restricted and all shops and other business establishments shall remain closed during the seven days.

Yomcha lacks facilities to treat serious patients and evacuation too is difficult during the monsoon because the road gets cut-off due to overflow of river water.

Arunachal Pradesh was badly hit by the second of Covid-19 and many cases have been reported from the state in past one month.

Meanwhile, the state government has taken a slew of measures to control the rising cases of Covid-19.