4 new areas declared containment zones

A couple, resident of Itwari Tanga Stand tested positive for

coronavirus and administration sealed the area. (Pic by Satish Raut)

Staff Reporter ;

A sudden explosion in new cases of novel coronavirus in city has upstaged the positive efforts of civic administration forcing them to add to list four new areas in containment zones. They are Mehboob Nagar-Sangarshnagar, Naik Talo-Bairagipura-Bangladesh slums, Itwari Tonga Stand, and plus Bhagwannagar. As to Bhawannagar the official notification is not issued yet as one person from there has so far tested positive on Friday. At three other places the number of persons who have tested positive in large numbers. Particularly disturbing is developments in Mominpura where locals are getting restive and demanding relaxation in containment zones while on other hands the number of persons turning positive for COVID-19 is increasing every other day.

At Mehboob Nagar that is in Prabhag-3 in Aasi Nagar Zone-9 of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), the containment area demarcated include to South West-Tipu Sultan Square, South East-Shivaji Square, North West- Plot no 416, Sk Salim's house, East-Plot No. 177, Abdul Aziz Ansari's house, North East-SNKG Engineering Works and West-Shahi Travels office. In Naik Talav area in Prabhag 20 is a new area where a large number of novel coronavirus cases have surfaced today.

The area falls under Satranjipura Zone-7. The demarcated area is North East-Ramesh Ahirkar's house, East-Tayde's house, East-Girmaji Saoji's house, South East-NMC garden, South East-Kesarwani's house, West-Vinod Mahure's house, North West-Gopal Gate's house. Itwari: The area of Itwari, near bullion market got sealed after one case of coronavirus positive surfaced on Friday.

The area falls under Prabhag-19 in Gandhibagh Zone-6. The containment zone consists of area to North East-Khule Niwas, North West-Itwari City Post office, South West-Unique Collection, Gujrati Chawl, South East-Saibaba Bakery.