KOLKATA: The city now has 264 containment zones, which is 59.4% of the total containment zones in the state. The government on Thursday increased the number of containment zones in Kolkata by 37 — from 227 to 264. While 13 more were added in North 24 Parganas, including Salt Lake and New Town, 16 more were included in Howrah. Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Howrah now have 91.4% of the total 444 containment zones in Bengal.
Central Kolkata and pockets of south-east Kolkata emerged as the new spots of bother for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police. Cops said pockets in Elliot Road off Taltala, Tangra, Shyampukur and Posta are being barricaded. Reports of new cases have also come from north Kolkata bylanes. Kolkata Police commissioner Anuj Sharma on Thursday inspected containment zones in Rajabazar-Narkeldanga, Belgachhia, Cossipore and Posta. Talking to TOI, Sharma said that he was satisfied with the arrangements. He said that he had asked his men to introduce stricter checking at night.
A spurt in Covid-positive cases in Salt Lake and New Town in the last three days resulted in the increase of containment zones in North 24 Parganas to 70. A part of DB block, located beside City Centre I in Salt Lake, and another locality in Duttabad near Subhas Palli ground were barricaded by the police. According to Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation sources, an elderly person, who lives in Lake Town, had come to his daughter’s house at DB Block a few weeks ago. He has been hospitalised with Covid-19 symptoms and four of his family members, who live at the DB Block house, were sent to quarantine. They were shifted to a hospital on April 28 after they developed Covid-19 symptoms.
The domestic help, a Duttabad resident, who used to work at the DB Block house, has also been sent to quarantine along with seven of her family members. With this fresh containment zone in DB Block, the number of containment zones in Salt Lake that have been barricaded are now three. The other two sealed-off stretches are from GD Island to FC Block and a lane inside HA Block. Parts of New Town AL Block, the lane beside Balaka Abasan, Beraberi, a lane beside Atharatala and Hatiara had been cordoned off by cops.
In Kolkata, police intensified their containment strategy in Posta and Burrabazar on Thursday with cases still being reported every second or third day. Police removed vegetable vendors after morning hours, suspended distribution of food by NGOs and aggressively patrolled the neighbourhoods. The cops also prosecuted several people throughout the day for violating lockdown and impounded vehicles.
Several new rules were introduced in the two wholesale markets of Posta and Mechhua to regulate the entry of lorries, implement social-distancing norms among shop owners and workers and prevent buyers from crowding the shops. Shahid Ahmed Khan, general secretary of the merchants’ association, said the traders will extend all co-operation to the administration. Chandan Chakraborti, president of the Posta Bazar Merchants’ Association, said: “All of us are wearing gloves and masks all the time while in our shops.”
Central Kolkata and pockets of south-east Kolkata emerged as the new spots of bother for Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and Kolkata Police. Cops said pockets in Elliot Road off Taltala, Tangra, Shyampukur and Posta are being barricaded. Reports of new cases have also come from north Kolkata bylanes. Kolkata Police commissioner Anuj Sharma on Thursday inspected containment zones in Rajabazar-Narkeldanga, Belgachhia, Cossipore and Posta. Talking to TOI, Sharma said that he was satisfied with the arrangements. He said that he had asked his men to introduce stricter checking at night.
A spurt in Covid-positive cases in Salt Lake and New Town in the last three days resulted in the increase of containment zones in North 24 Parganas to 70. A part of DB block, located beside City Centre I in Salt Lake, and another locality in Duttabad near Subhas Palli ground were barricaded by the police. According to Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation sources, an elderly person, who lives in Lake Town, had come to his daughter’s house at DB Block a few weeks ago. He has been hospitalised with Covid-19 symptoms and four of his family members, who live at the DB Block house, were sent to quarantine. They were shifted to a hospital on April 28 after they developed Covid-19 symptoms.
The domestic help, a Duttabad resident, who used to work at the DB Block house, has also been sent to quarantine along with seven of her family members. With this fresh containment zone in DB Block, the number of containment zones in Salt Lake that have been barricaded are now three. The other two sealed-off stretches are from GD Island to FC Block and a lane inside HA Block. Parts of New Town AL Block, the lane beside Balaka Abasan, Beraberi, a lane beside Atharatala and Hatiara had been cordoned off by cops.
In Kolkata, police intensified their containment strategy in Posta and Burrabazar on Thursday with cases still being reported every second or third day. Police removed vegetable vendors after morning hours, suspended distribution of food by NGOs and aggressively patrolled the neighbourhoods. The cops also prosecuted several people throughout the day for violating lockdown and impounded vehicles.
Several new rules were introduced in the two wholesale markets of Posta and Mechhua to regulate the entry of lorries, implement social-distancing norms among shop owners and workers and prevent buyers from crowding the shops. Shahid Ahmed Khan, general secretary of the merchants’ association, said the traders will extend all co-operation to the administration. Chandan Chakraborti, president of the Posta Bazar Merchants’ Association, said: “All of us are wearing gloves and masks all the time while in our shops.”
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