puducherry puducherry district collector abhijit vijay chaudhari on thursday passed an order directing all medical shop and pharmacy owners in the district not to shut down shops on friday following a bandh called by all india chemist association to protest the online sale of medicinesall are directed to comply with the order strictly failing which penal action under section 188 of the indian penal code will be initiated he said he pointed out that drugs come under section 2a 1 of the essential commodities act 1955 and the proposed closure will impact the availability of necessary drugs and lifesaving medicines to the needy people and it may also cause risk to human life he said the drugs controller general of india central drugs standard control organization has requested the department of drugs control and puducherry government to take necessary measures to ensure the availability of drugs on the day of the bandh