Guwahati: Amid a steep spike in the number of coronavirus cases in Kamrup (M), the largest urban agglomeration in the Northeast Indian region, as many as 46 areas have been declared as Containment Zones up until now. Of these, 26 areas are still active containment zones.
The following areas in the district are still active containment zones:
Pandu Railway New Colony
Betkuchi
Japorigog
Borbari
Bishnupur, Krishna Nagar
Dhirenpara
Pub-Sarania
Bathou Nagar, Geeta Mandir
Krishna Nagar, Gosala
Central Jail Premises, Lokhra
Indrapur Hill Top near Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)
Lichubagan at Hengerabari
Arihan Apartment in Panbazar
Syamkunj Apartment at Lakhinafar in R G Baruah Road
Hajongbari Village at Chandrapur
Bhaskar Nagar at B-Block in Fatasil
Sarabbhati
Athgaon
Hirapara Village in Azara
Christian Basti in Guwahati
Bishnupur in Bharalumukh
Shantipur
Satgaon
Sankar Nagar in Lalganesh
Dhirenpara
Athgaon S J Road
It is pertinent to mention here that the containment zone tag was removed from several areas after an elapse of 14 days as no new cases were detected.
The areas formerly declared as Containment Zones are:
Spanish Garden campus, Athgaon mosque and kabarsthan, residential campus of Dr. B. Barooah Cancer Institute, Amiyo Nagar in Chandmari, Girls' Hostel campus of the Regional Dental College, Fancy Bazar area, Kumarpara, Santipur Pubali Path, Fatasil GS Colony, Panbazar Railway Colony, Rukminigaon area, Katahbari area, Fatasil Tiniali, Haryana Bhavan, Bihari Patty/Bhootnath, Bishnupur in Fatasil, Gopal Nagar in Noonmati, Dinesh Ojha Path in Tarun Nagar, CRPF Group Centre, 9th Mile, and Lakhitari under Khetri Police Station.
Meanwhile, the Assam Health Department has substituted the colour coding of districts based on contamination level, with the 'containment zone-and buffer zone' mechanism.
"Our containment policy is this – when a case is detected in an area, that area will be visited by the Deputy Commissioner and the District Health A and the area that could be infected by the patient that will be marked as a containment zone and an area surrounding that will be marked as buffer zone", Assam Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed media last month.