As coronavirus cases continue to rise rapidly across the state, the West Bengal government on Tuesday decided to impose strict lockdown in COVID-19 affected areas by clubbing together containment zones and buffer zones near them from July 9.
The administration stated that the buffer zones along with containment zones will be put under total lockdown from 5 pm on Thursday.
Transport services will also remain suspended.
All private and government offices will remain closed in the area and only essential services will be available.
“These broader containment zones may be subjected to strict lockdown and all offices, government and private, all non-essential activities, congregations, transportations and all marketing, industrial and trading activities be closed,” according to an order issued by Additional Chief Secretary, Home, Alapan Bandyopadhyay.
The order has not said how long the lockdown will last. The current phase of lockdown, which is limited to containment zones, is in force till July 31.
Kolkata city has 33 containment zones. Meanwhile, South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal have 155 and 219 zones respectively.
Here are the list of containment zones in West Bengal:
Kolkata: Check here
North 24 Parganas: Check here
South 24 Parganas: Check here
Howrah: Check here
Hooghly: Check here
Nadia: Check here
Purba Medinipur: Check here
Paschim Medinipur: Check here
Malda: Check here
Jalpaiguri: Check here
Darjeeling: Check list
Kalimpong: Check here
Uttar Dinajpur: Check here
Dakshin Dinajpur: Check here
Murshidabad: Check here
Bankura: Check here
Birbhum: Check here
Cooch Behar: Check here
Moreover, starting from July 6, no flights are being allowed to land in Kolkata for three weeks from six cities, which include Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai, and Ahmedabad.
The step was taken on the request of the West Bengal state government in view of the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
“It is informed that no flights shall operate to Kolkata from Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Chennai, and Ahmedabad from 6th to 19th July 2020 or till further order whichever is earlier. Inconvenience caused is regretted,” said Kolkata Airport.
Source: dnaindia.com