Kolkata Municipal Corporation may bring back containment zones – Times of India

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KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is likely to reintroduce containment and micro-containment zones in south Kolkata, especially in areas bordering Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality and seal off the borders to limit movement, KMC board of administrators Firhad Hakim said on Thursday.

Rise in cases prompted a three-day enhanced restrictions in Sonarpur-Rajpur municipality from Thursday till Saturday. All markets, even roadside tea-stalls, were asked to shut and maximum impetus is given on mask compliance. Till reports last came in 100 people were prosecuted for stepping out without masks.
Hakim said the re-introduction of containment zones and sealing the border was necessitated due to a sharp rise in Covid numbers since the past two weeks. This apart, the KMC may also need to declare micro containment zones in large areas of south Kolkata to keep the infection at bay, Hakim said.
“We are desperate to prevent Covid infection among people of particular neighbourhoods under KMC jurisdiction which are under threat from adjoining areas of a separate municipality. We may need to seal the border to save more people from getting infected,” Hakim said.
Major housings like Sherwood, Sugam Park and high-rises like Belmond and Sarbani fall under the restrictions declared in Rajpur-Sonarpur municipality. On Wednesday, most of the markets operated till 11 pm as people bought their essentials for the next three days. From Saturday, the municipality will carry out sanitizaton at these markets.
Whether people are in containment zone or not, everyone needs to wear a mask. Else, police will arrest people without mask under the prevention of epidemic act, said Pallab Das, administrator of Rajpur-Sonarpur Municipality.

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