lucknow essential service providers mostly health workers and chemists were stopped by police as they do not have special passes issued by the administration on the third day of the lockdown on wednesday such a scenario was witnessed in indiranagar sgpgi cantonment mahanagar and bazaarkhalai was going to dr rml hospital but the police at munshipuliya stopped me when i showed them my idcard they said it was not issued by the district administration said ashish mehrotra a support staff mehrotra added that he was required in the hospital as he had to assist doctors during a major surgery which was to be conducted urgentlysimilarly in sgpgi area harsh agarwal a chemist bringing some surgical items from chowk was stopped we were not issued any passes by the administration but we form part of essential services and cannot be stopped the issue will be taken up in the court once it opens he saidin another case a nurse employed with civil hospital in hazratganj was stopped at bazaarkhalai was stopped at bullaki adda and asked to show pass i showed my id card but policemen did not budge said nazia khatoon name changed similarly an anaesthetist of a private hospital vinod sharma was stopped at cantonment by the police