24 micro-containment zones declared in BBN industrial area

ibune News Service

Solan, July 11

After the emergence of 35 Covid cases in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh area in two days, the administration today declared 24 micro-containment (MC) zones in the BBN area.

Two industrial units in Baddi were also sealed. These are Arihant Label, whose owner tested Covid positive at Panchkula, and Wrigley India, whose worker was found positive.

Two units sealed

• Two industrial units in Baddi were also sealed.
• These are Arihant Label, whose owner had tested Covid-positive at Panchkula, and Wrigley India, whose worker was found infected, were sealed.
• Other industries such as Winsome Textile, Sara Textile, Aristo Spinning Mill and Him Teknoforge have already been closed.

Other industries such as Winsome Textile, Sara Textile, Aristo Spinning Mill and Him Teknoforge have already been closed since last week after their staff were found positive.

SDM, Nalagarh, Prashant Deshta, said as per the new guidelines, smaller areas lying in the proximity of positive patients would be declared MC zones.

The premises of Arihant Label and Wrigley India had been sealed. The house of a patient at Billanwali village, Neel Kanth Medical Store and its owner’s house, a juice shop and a saloon were among the areas declared the MC zones in Baddi.

Besides, the house of another patient at Jharmajri has been ring-fenced where the people movement has been prohibited. In Nalagarh, restrictions have been imposed on ward number 3 and 8, villages such as Panjhera, Manjholi, Dhana, Bhatian, Salewal,Chowkiwala, New Nalagarh and Dattowal.

The SDM, Nalagarh, directed the contacts of 32 workers of Sara Textiles not to turn up for testing at health institutions. Health workers would visit their homes to take their samples.

Entry from escape routes

There is no end to migrants testing Covid-19 positive in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh area after entering it through escape routes.

Three persons, who tested positive last evening, came secretly in a battery manufacturing unit Sunnox International at Panjhera village in Nalagarh.

SP, Baddi, Rohit Malpani, said their contractor Shivraj managed to bring 10 labourers from Madhya Pradesh up to Haryana by bus. They entered Baddi by foot surreptitiously. Later, they travelled by bus to reach Panjhera where they were detained by ASHA workers and the surveillance staff. The contractor misreported his own travel history from Una district and stated that the remaining labourers had stayed at Manpura in Baddi before coming to Panjhera. They were, however, not allowed to enter the factory premises and told to be in home quarantine at Panjhera village.

The manager of Sara Textiles, where 32 Covid-19 positive cases were detected, had also entered the area from the Dhabota.