60% BAPU DHAM COULD ALSO BE DE-SEALED

The administration will take the call on opening up nearly 60% of Bapu Dham Colony, both in the containment and buffer zones, by May 31. This decision is likely to be based primarily on Central guidelines of no positive cases in a specific area in 28 days for de-sealing. Bapu Dham, the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in the city, is one of the six containment zones here. Three have already been declared containment free. “While, positive cases are being reported daily from Bapu Dham, these are limited to a few pockets. Out of the total 20 pockets in the area, two are within the containment zone. In the buffer zone too some cases were positive but these were also limited to one pocket. We will open the pockets with no case as it has been more than a month since these were sealed,” said a senior UT official.

UT adviser Manoj Kumar Parida said, “The UT administrator will take a final decision on it by May 31 as per Central government guidelines.”