Hours before Bengal went in for total lockdown, containment zones in the city increased from 37 to 40. Among the 40 zones, eight are complexes and only three are slums. All others are either houses or smaller apartments. <\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhile nine new premises and stretches entered restriction zones, six shed their containment zones. Of those six, five areas are located in south Kolkata, one of the addresses being in Alipore and two others being condos on Elgin Road and Panditiya Road. But for both KMC and police, the biggest relief was to see Gobindapur Rail Colony walk out of the containment list as they feared major virus spread from there to Jodhpur Park.
Further south though, several new areas in Baghajatin-Patuli and Mukundapur came under containment. The densely populated G Block of Baghajatin has been one of the worst hit with two containment zones covering the entire block. Police attributed the cause of the spike to the area\u2019s proximity to hot spots, like Patuli and Baghajatin Place, and the huge number of people visiting the Baghajatin market. In Mukundapur, though one area has shed its containment tag in the past four days, four more were added, taking the total number to 13, the highest in the city. Two popular south Kolkata addresses \u2014 Rainey Park that connects Gurusaday Road with Ballygunge Circular Road and Gauriya Math off Asutosh Mukherjee Road\u2014are now on the containment list. A new entrant to the list is Chapel Road in Hastings. The containment zones in Ballygunge and Alipore, along with the Mukundapur-Patuli-Baghajatin, will see strict lockdown.
Though proper Alipore does not have any containment zone, Raja Santosh Roy Road, owing to its proximity to Majerhat that has two containment zones, has again found a place on the list. East Behala\u2019s three restricted areas saw no change.
In north Kolkata, almost all 10 out of the 11 containment zones in Beliaghata-Kankurgachhi-Phoolbagan continue to be on the list. While Chaupatty Road is no longer a restricted area, a portion of Biplabi Barin Ghosh Road is. Posta and Beniapukur, two of the worst-hit areas in initial days, managed to stay clean. KMC and police are worried about Suren Sarkar Road in Phoolbagan that has remained on the list for weeks now. <\/div>\n