Demarcation of Containment Zone to Control COVID-19, List of Containment Zone as on 23-04-2021
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 353, Revenue and Disaster Management (DM-IV), dated 26 April 2021, notifying the list of COVID-19 containment zones as on 23 April 2021 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It identifies affected rural habitations, urban streets, apartments and other addresses, but does not state that land ownership or property title is changed.
What the notification does
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 353, Revenue and Disaster Management (DM-IV), dated 26 April 2021. The notification formally publishes the list of containment zones as on 23 April 2021 for controlling the Corona Virus under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
The document combines a district-level summary of disease spread with a detailed address list. The summary covers 37 districts and separates rural habitations from urban streets.
Who may be affected
The containment-zone list is relevant to residents, owners, tenants, businesses and professionals dealing with a property at one of the listed addresses. A buyer or property professional can use the district, village or area, street or apartment name and pincode to check whether a location appeared in the notified list.
The notification concerns public-health containment. It does not state that inclusion changes ownership, title, land classification, survey boundaries or registration rights.
Information included
The district summary records:
- Active cases as on 22 April 2021.
- Total rural habitations and those free from disease.
- Affected rural habitations with more than three or fewer than three positive cases.
- Total urban streets and those free from disease.
- Affected urban streets with more than three or fewer than three positive cases.
- The combined number of rural habitations and urban streets with more than three positive cases.
The statewide summary reports 89,410 active cases. It records 17,843 affected rural habitations, including 686 with more than three positive cases, and 26,638 affected urban streets, including 3,570 with more than three positive cases.
Detailed containment-zone entries
Each detailed entry provides available location information through fields including:
- District and health unit district.
- Rural or urban classification.
- Date containment started.
- Apartment, street or other address.
- Habitation, area or village name.
- Pincode.
The supplied entries include locations in Ariyalur and Chengalpet, with containment start dates and specific streets, apartments, villages and pincodes. The document should be checked by exact address rather than by district name alone because the notified locations are listed individually.
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Common questions
Does being listed as a containment zone change my property title?
The notification does not state that containment-zone status changes ownership, title, land classification, survey boundaries or registration rights. It publishes locations for COVID-19 containment.
How can I check whether my property was in a notified containment zone?
Compare the property address with the detailed entries using the district, rural or urban classification, street or apartment, habitation or village, and pincode. The entries also give the date containment started.
What date does the containment-zone list cover?
The list is stated to be as on 23 April 2021. The district summary records active cases as on 22 April 2021.
Does the notification cover both rural and urban locations?
Yes. It reports affected rural habitations and urban streets separately, and the detailed list identifies whether each location is rural or urban.
