A sudden hike in the number of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases has led the West Bengal government impose fresh lockdown in the containment and buffer zones of the state. Without going into the details of the containment and buffer zones, the state government has been identifying these as “affected areas” that will come under the lockdown rules.
The stricture is being imposed from July 9 at 5pm. The West Bengal government had released the list for Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Howrah on Wednesday. The lists for some of the remaining districts have been now released and some are waiting to be uploaded. [We will keep updating this list as soon as the lists are released by the state government.]
Here is a list of the affected areas across the state:
Affected areas in North 24 Parganas
Affected areas in South 24 Parganas
Affected areas in Purba Midnapore
Affected areas in Paschim Midnapore
Affected areas in Purba Burdwan
Affected areas in Paschim Burdwan: NIL
Affected areas in Uttar Dinajpur
Affected areas in Dakshin Dinajpur
Affected areas in Cooch Behar: NIL
Affected areas in Jhargram: NIL
These are the activities to be closed in the affected areas:
*All offices – government and private
*All non-essential activities
*All congregations
*All transportation
*All marketing/industrial/trading activities
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