Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (AM)

Mangaluru, May 19: Following the detection of one coronavirus-positive case, a resident of Yeyyadi, on Monday, the district administration declared a specific area Gundalike, as a containment zone on Tuesday, May 19.

Deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh issued an order declaring Gundalike area in Yeyyadi, as an active containment zone.

The order states that the containment zone includes 14 houses and a total population of 48 people. The containment area is bound by an empty house in the east, Yamuna’s house in the west, a hill in the North, and Lalitha’s house in the south.

Also, a buffer zone of an area of five km around the containment zone has been created, with Padil marking its east boundary, NMPT its west boundary, Marakada in the north boundary and Ratha Beedhi marking its south boundary.

There are 23,600 houses in the buffer zone, and 4,748 shops and offices, covering a population of 1,24,000 people.

For effective implementation of coronavirus control measures, executive engineer-1 from Mangaluru City Corporation, Mangaluru, as incident commander who will be in-charge of the containment zone, the order stated.

The administration has already declared a few other areas in the district as containment zones.

In Dakshina Kannada, 54 positive cases are reported, out of which 32 are currently active. As many as 17 persons have recovered and been discharged, and five deaths have occurred so far.