PUNE: Rajgurunanagar, about 45km from Pune, off the Nashik highway, is the only municipal town in Pune district without a single Covid-19 case reported since the outbreak of the pandemic, a Pune Zilla Parishad report has stated.
The town falls in Khed taluka, which has had 54 nCoV cases so far, mostly people with a travel history either to or from Pune city or Mumbai.
The rural parts and the municipal council towns across Pune district have so far recorded total 682 Covid-19 cases. Of these, 395 have been discharged while 30 patients have succumbed to the contagion and 257 are active cases, the report stated.
Lonavla and Jejuri municipal town limits now have no active cases after initial reports of three cases and one case, respectively.
District health officer Bhagwan Pawar told TOI on Monday that these municipal councils took timely measures. “ They sealed their boundaries effectively to restrict movement in and out of the towns for a limited purpose. They quarantined people in a systematic manner and hence were able to contain the spread of the virus,” he added.
Khed tehsil officials said about 35,000 people returned to their native villages in the tehsil from Mumbai in April.
“But Rajgurunanagar Municipal Council, which has a population of 50,000, took measures towards creating awareness, quarantining people in their homes and avoiding crowding of people at public places. All bazaar lanes and vegetable markets were closed in time and social distancing norms were followed strictly,” B B Gadve, Khed tehsil’s health officer.
Many villages near Rajgurunagar have recorded positive cases. But the entry and exit points of the town closed and monitored strictly.
“Most importantly, people have supported all our steps. As such, we were able to avoid crowding of people in markets, bazaar lanes, shopkeepers etc,” he added.
Zilla Parishad’s deputy chief executive officer Sandeep Kohinkar said, “Lonavla had three cases, Shirur and Jejuri each had one. These places are main bazaar towns of their tehsils. But, they managed to contain the spread by shutting down all bazaar activities and shops in time and restricting movement from outside areas. Those who had come from other places were put under quarantine for 14 days in April.”
Daund Municipal Council has recorded the highest positive cases followed by Wadgaon Maval (16) and Indapur (13) in the district.
The town falls in Khed taluka, which has had 54 nCoV cases so far, mostly people with a travel history either to or from Pune city or Mumbai.
The rural parts and the municipal council towns across Pune district have so far recorded total 682 Covid-19 cases. Of these, 395 have been discharged while 30 patients have succumbed to the contagion and 257 are active cases, the report stated.
Lonavla and Jejuri municipal town limits now have no active cases after initial reports of three cases and one case, respectively.
District health officer Bhagwan Pawar told TOI on Monday that these municipal councils took timely measures. “ They sealed their boundaries effectively to restrict movement in and out of the towns for a limited purpose. They quarantined people in a systematic manner and hence were able to contain the spread of the virus,” he added.
Khed tehsil officials said about 35,000 people returned to their native villages in the tehsil from Mumbai in April.
“But Rajgurunanagar Municipal Council, which has a population of 50,000, took measures towards creating awareness, quarantining people in their homes and avoiding crowding of people at public places. All bazaar lanes and vegetable markets were closed in time and social distancing norms were followed strictly,” B B Gadve, Khed tehsil’s health officer.
Many villages near Rajgurunagar have recorded positive cases. But the entry and exit points of the town closed and monitored strictly.
“Most importantly, people have supported all our steps. As such, we were able to avoid crowding of people in markets, bazaar lanes, shopkeepers etc,” he added.
Zilla Parishad’s deputy chief executive officer Sandeep Kohinkar said, “Lonavla had three cases, Shirur and Jejuri each had one. These places are main bazaar towns of their tehsils. But, they managed to contain the spread by shutting down all bazaar activities and shops in time and restricting movement from outside areas. Those who had come from other places were put under quarantine for 14 days in April.”
Daund Municipal Council has recorded the highest positive cases followed by Wadgaon Maval (16) and Indapur (13) in the district.
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