Delhi: NDMC colony in Sarojini Nagar’s Palika Awas now a red zone

NEW DELHI: Sections of blocks C & D in Sarojini Nagar’s Palika Awas area were declared containment zones on Sunday after five people tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Since a number of people in the adjoining areas had come in contact with the Covid positive patients, a site visit was conducted by civic officials and later in a joint meeting held under the SDM of Vasant Vihar and members of the district surveillance team on Friday, it was decided to contain sections of blocks C & D, while simultaneously declaring the adjoining areas as buffer zone.
“Palika Awas is a group housing society for New Delhi Municipal Council employees and some of the residents here work in the accounts department at Palika Kendra, where a number of people have tested positive for Covid-19 the recent past. We carried out the disinfection drive as soon as the directions were received from the SDM office. Sometime back, five people of three families were tested positive for coronavirus at Palika Vihar (neighbouring colony) belonging to NDMC officers,” an NDMC official said.
No sooner were the four cases in C block and another positive case in D block was reported, all residents near their houses were surveyed and no one was suspected to having developed any symptom for Covid 19, stated the order issued by SDM Vasant Vihar.
According to the latest data, the total number of containment zones in the capital stands at 421. Of these, 87 have already been de-contained, 34 have been scaled down, while 307 are active containment zones.
NDMC has been asked to keep a track on regular sanitation of areas, including the adjoining buffer zones. Police have also asked to cordon off the area.