As many as six wards have been removed as containment zones in the city. Both Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural had been categorized as ‘Red Zone’ by the central government a couple of days ago.
The state had requested Centre to allow the further partition of the city
On May 1st, the Central Government had announced the zonal classification of the entire country, of which Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural had been categorized as ‘Red Zone’. However, the State Government had requested the Centre to allow the further partition of the city into four zones such that governance could have got easier.
Six wards removed from the ‘Containment Zone’ list
Earlier, around 13 wards in the city had been categorized as ‘containment zones’. However, as per the latest announcement, six wards have been removed from this list. Hence, the ‘containment zone’ restrictions in these wards would be discontinued.
The six wards are: 177 (JP Nagar), 171 (Gurappanapalya), 107(Shiva Nagar), 54 (Hoodi), 25 (Horamavu), and 191 (Singasandra). With this, the lockdown relaxations would be applicable in these areas.
Regarding the topic and the situation of finances in the state, the State’s Revenue Minister R Ashoka said: “As the Centre has categorized Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural as one contiguous district and declared it as a red zone, further extension of lockdown norms will be applicable, holding up economic activity in areas which had no COVID-19 cases since the last 14-28 days.“
He further added: “As the whole city of over 1 crore people has been made one unit, even one positive case makes it a red zone. The affected areas from where cases were reported should be declared as containment zones or hotspots while categorizing other areas as green spots.”
Source: The News Minute
