In the wake of a steep rise in coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government on Wednesday declared 104 COVID-19 hotspots across 15 districts in the state and decided to completely seal these places till April 30. The districts where these hotspots have been identified are--Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Noida, Kanpur, Varanasi, Shamli, Meerut, Bareilly, Bulandshahr, Basti, Firozabad, Saharanpur, Maharajganj and Sitapur.
The 104 hotspots areas are--22 in Agra, 13 in Ghaziabad, 12 in Gautam Buddha Nagar, 12 in Kanpur, 4 in Varanasi, 3 in Shamli, 7 in Meerut, 1 in Bareilly, 3 in Bulandshahr, 3 in Basti, 3 in Firozabad, 4 in Saharanpur, 4 in Maharajganj, 1 in Sitapur and 12 in Lucknow.
The decision has been taken to seal these particular districts as it is here that the maximum number of coronavirus positive cases are emerging. Another reason is that people are not following the lockdown. The move is aimed at checking the further spread of coronavirus in the state.
The hotspot areas are as follows:
1) Gautam Buddha Nagar: 12
* The highest number of cases took place in sector 135 and 137. The sectors near them have also been taken together as a cluster.
* The second cluster includes two villages--Achheja and Bishnuli of Dadri area. Here patients were found in Mehak Residency
* The third cluster includes Omicron Greater Noida and Ghori Baghera Village
* The fourth cluster includes Greater Noida's Alpha 1 and Zeta. They are within a distance of 3km
* The fifth cluster includes Pathwari Village and Greater Noida West's Sector 2
* The sixth cluster includes Greater Noida West's Gaur City
* The seventh cluster includes Noida sector 27 and 37
* The 8th cluster includes Sector 50, 44, 100
* The 9th cluster includes Noida sector 5 and nearby areas
* The 10th cluster includes Noida sector 62 and nearby areas
* The 11th cluster includes Noida sector 74 and 78
* The 12th cluster includes Noida sector 150 and nearby sectors
2) Lucknow: 12
Vijay Khand, the area around Doctor Nazia's house
Indiranagar area around Kaif Ali Abdi's house
Alina Enclave Khurram Nagar in the vicinity of Dr Tausif Haider's house
The vast area around Yash Thakur's house will be partially sealed
Mosque Alijan, Sadar
Mohammadi Mosque Stables, Charbagh
Phulbag Mosque, Kaiserbagh.
Mohammadia Mosque, Muzammil Nagar Sahadatganj.
Lal Masjid, Alamnagar Talkatora.
Nazarbag Mosque, Kaiserbagh.
Khajoor wali Mosque, Triveni Nagar
Ali Hayat Mosque Faizullaganj Madiav
Rajauli Mosque, Gudamba.
3) Varanasi: 4
Gangapur
Lohta
Madanpura
Bajardiha
4) Ghaziabad: 13
Mosque near Nandagram
Savior Society, Mohan Nagar
Pasonda
Vasundhara Sector 2-B
Oxyhome, Bhopura
Naipura Loni
Masuri
Society of Kosambi
Vaishali Sector 6
KDP Society Rajnagar Extension
B-77-G-5, Shalimar Extension Two
Khatu Shyam Colony Duhai
Shipra Apartment
5) Saharanpur: 4
Mohalla Bakriwala of Saharanpur police station Qutubasher
Dholi Khal
Mahipura in Janakpuri
Dumzheda village of Chilkana police station,
6) Bulandshahr: 3
Bulandshahr Sadar
Secunderabad
Jahangirabad Kotwali
7) Meerut: 7
Shashtri Nagar-13
HN 287, Sarai Behlim, Sohrab Gate
Mohd Humayun Nagar, Hakimuddin Masjid to Jamuna Nagar Road
253 Harnamdas Road
B-65 Suryanagar Meerut
Madina Masjid, Azadnagar Colony
Mahalka Village, Mawana tehsil
8) Agra: 22
Kamla Nagar, New Agra
Eminant Apartment, New Agra
Mohanpura raoli, Rakabganj
SR HospitalNamner, Rakabganj
Krishna Vihar Jeonimandi, Chatta
Azampada Ramnagar, Shahganj
Mantola
Magtai Village, Jagdishpura
Heeng ki mandi Chatta, Kotwali
Top Khana Lady loyal, nai ki mandi
Vazirpura-HP east, Hariparwat
Gadhaiya Tajganj, Tajganj
Sabun Katra-SNMC, MM Gate
Sita Nagar Ram Bagh, Eitmadduala
Charsu Gate, Hariparwat
Kishorepura Jagdishpura, Jagdishpura
Chogra tehra, Saiyan
Subhash nagar, Shahganj
Subhash nagar, Agra
Hasanpur Village, Khandauli
Kotwali
Basant vihar, New Agra
9) Kanpur: 12
Haleem Muslim School Chamanganj
Humayun Masjid Colonelganj
Haji Inayat Masjid Quli Bazar
Sheikh Lalman Mosque Kulibazar
Hata Wali Masjid Quli Bazar
Khair Masjid Machria Naubasta
Naseemabad Masjid Machria
Madrasa Hidayat Ullah Machharia
Sufa Masjid Babupurwa
Bilal Masjid Munshipurwa
Babupurwa
Kaziani Masjid Ghatampur
Rahmania Masjid Ghatampur
Bari Masjid Baripal Sajeti.
10) Shamli: 3
Islam Pur Bhaisani of Thanabhawan police station area
Sadar Kotwali area Nanupura
Jeezhana Kasba under Jeezhana Police Station area
11) Bareilly: 1
Subhash Nagar
12) Basti: 3
Turkahia
Millat Nagar
Gidhi Khurd
13) Firozabad: 3
Sheesh Gran Mohalla
Moti Masjid area
Durgesh Nagar
14) Maharajganj: 4
Badhra Indradutt
Kamharia Khurd
Bishanpur Kurthia
Bishanpur Phulwaria
15) Sitapur:1
Khairabad Town
District Magistrates of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad have advised people to avoid panic buying. They took to social media to inform people in this regard.
According to a government spokesperson, the state will ensure doorstep delivery of all essential commodities for the residents and no one will be allowed to step out of their houses. Any movement in these areas will be restricted and only people of the media, police, health service and movement of some essential goods will continue.
If anyone violates the lockdown, action will be taken against them under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The areas that have cases between 6–15 will be considered as hotspots.
As of 8 am on April 8, the cases in these 15 districts are--Agra (64), Lucknow (24), Ghaziabad (23), Noida (58), Kanpur (8), Varanasi (9), Shamli (17), Meerut (35), Barely (6), Bulandshahr (8), Basti (8), Firozabad (7), Saharanpur (14), Maharajganj (6) and Sitapur (8).
