Kanpur administration mulls to reduce number of hotspot areas

KANPUR: The district administration is considering to reduce the number of hot spots areas In the city as no Covid-19 infected case has been reported from the ten hotspots for the last many days.
In case, the district administration takes such a decision, then the 10 hotspots would be converted into green zones and then only nine hot spots would remain in the city. The administration had already declared 7 hot pots of the city as green spots.
DIG/SSP Anant Deo said on Wednesday that at present, out of 19 hotspots in the city, no corona positive case had been reported from the ten hotspots for the last many days.
He said as per rules, if no positive case is reported in any area in the last 21 days, then that area could be converted into a green zone. If in the next two days no case of an infected person is reported then the administration could revoke the hot spot status of that area, he added.
The district administration at a meeting held on Tuesday identified ten hot pots which had not reported any corona positive case for the last many days. The officers were of the view that the situation has improved due to the strict implementation of lockdown.
Nodal officer Anil Garg and nodal officer police Deepak Ratan visited hotspot areas and asked the officials to implement the lockdown in true spirit. They also instructed the officials and cops deputed in the hotspot areas to be cautious and take all preventive measures.
Despite strict measures and implementation of lockdown, people are not following social distancing. Govind Raju, another nodal officer on Tuesday inspected the home delivery system in the hotspot area of Gwaltoli and was surprised to see that none was following social distancing rule. The annoyed nodal officer immediately contacted additional city magistrate of the area and asked him to implement social distancing properly.
He met the residents and inquired about the home delivery system. He expressed satisfaction that reasonable rates were being charged from the residents for the eatable items delivered to them.