The 25 addresses in Kolkata that have been tagged cointainment zones<\/a> include six housing complexes<\/a>, five slums, 10 \u201cmixed areas\u201d (having both high-rises and slums) and four places with \u201cmultiple premises\u201d. Eleven of the 25 places are in south Kolkata and 14 are in north and central Kolkata. The worst-affected place is Joramandir Bazar near Phoolbagan, which has logged 23 cases in the last fortnight. <\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nIn Kolkata\u2019s immediate neighbourhood, Salt Lake has six containment zones and urban Howrah 17. New Town does not have a single such area.
The notification on containment zones coincided with Thursday\u2019s health bulletin that contained three single-day highest-so-far figures: 986 new cases in Bengal, 366 new cases in Kolkata and 23 deaths in the state.
The seven days\u2019 lockdown, starting from 5pm on Thursday, will be reviewed next week and relaxed if there are no fresh cases in these zones. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stressed that monitoring would be \u201cstrict\u201d, with barricades and regular police drives to sensitise citizens.
Banerjee gave the example of her own neighbourhood to show how such \u201csmall containment zones\u201d could be effective in fighting the novel coronavirus<\/a>\u2019s spread. Referring to the immediate aftermath of \u201cTama\u2019s\u201d (Falta Trinamool Congress MLA Tamanash Ghosh\u2019s) death, when \u201c25-30 of his friends\u201d were found to have contracted the virus, Banerjee recalled how a \u201cstrict lockdown\u201d resulted in the number of cases coming down to zero.
Cops had been told to strictly enforce wearing of masks, Banerjee said, but added that they had been instructed to send rule-breakers home instead of fining them. \u201cHow does fining a poor person Rs 2,000 make any sense?\u201d she said.
\u201cI have been told there is a spike in cases in housing complexes,\u201d the CM said. \u201cI would ask people not to worry but to behave responsibly and stay healthy,\u201d she added.
\u201cWe have thought of these small containment zones so that people are not inconvenienced,\u201d Banerjee said, adding that Sufal Bangla outlets had been told to send supply to the containment zones and residents could contact cops in case of \u201cany emergency\u201d. \u201cPlease work from home if there are small offices in these zones,\u201d she appealed.
The government released the containment-zone lists for Kolkata, Howrah and North 24 Parganas on Wednesday evening but pushed the release of the South 24 Parganas list to Thursday after the CM herself noticed anomalies. \u201cI don\u2019t agree with the areas listed. It looks like having been copied from the voters\u2019 list. This is very bad and unfair. They have just included entire wards,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cEkdom khate ni (They have not worked hard at all).\u201d
Kolkata Municipal Corporation administrator Firhad Hakim later said that the KMC would start an awareness drive in high-rises. \u201cEntry into these complexes is difficult. People will have to understand that we are there to help them,\u201d Hakim said before asking citizens not to worry about transport. \u201cThere is no road in these containment zones, only houses,\u201d he added. <\/div>\n