COVID-19 Demarcation of Containment Zone to Control Corona Virus, List of Containment Zone as on 05.06.2020
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Disaster Management Wing, D.M.II Section, issued G.O. Ms. No. 283 dated 8 June 2020 to notify 316 COVID-19 containment zones as on 5 June 2020 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The notification identifies containment zones by district, location and PIN code, but does not state that it changes land ownership or property records.
What the notification does
G.O. Ms. No. 283, issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Disaster Management Wing, D.M.II Section, on 8 June 2020, formally notifies the list of COVID-19 containment zones as on 5 June 2020. It was published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.
The notification is a location based public health demarcation. It does not contain provisions changing land title, registration, planning permission, land use classification or ownership rights.
Areas covered
The notified list contains 316 containment zones across 17 districts. The district totals are:
- Ariyalur, 3
- Chengalpattu, 7
- Chennai, 201
- Cuddalore, 26
- Kallakurichi, 5
- Kancheepuram, 13
- Kanyakumari, 1
- Nagapattinam, 9
- Ramanathapuram, 1
- Ranipet, 1
- Tenkasi, 6
- Thanjavur, 1
- Thoothukudi, 2
- Tirunelveli, 7
- Tirupattur, 4
- Tiruvannamalai, 29
Each listed entry provides a serial number, district, name or address of the containment zone, and zone PIN code. The entries range from villages and municipal areas to individual streets, housing areas, quarters and addresses.
Districts recorded as completed
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department records containment as completed in Sivagangai, Erode, Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Salem, Tiruvarur, The Nilgiris, Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Trichy, Vellore, Perambalur, Dindigul, Villupuram, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Tiruvallur, Pudukottai, Karur and Theni.
Relevance to property owners and buyers
The notified list may help establish whether a property address or locality was within a containment zone on the stated date. Chennai accounted for 201 of the 316 notified zones, while the remaining zones were spread across the other listed districts.
G.O. Ms. No. 283 is limited to containment zone demarcation for controlling coronavirus. The text does not impose or describe any property transfer restriction, registration requirement, fee, title change or permanent land classification.
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Common questions
Does this notification change the ownership or title of land in a containment zone?
No such change is stated. G.O. Ms. No. 283 only notifies COVID-19 containment zones as on 5 June 2020.
How can I check whether an address was included?
The notification lists each containment zone by district, location or address, and PIN code. A reader can compare those details with the property address.
How many containment zones were notified?
The Revenue and Disaster Management Department notified a total of 316 containment zones across 17 districts.
Were all Tamil Nadu districts shown as having active containment zones?
No. The notification separately records containment as completed in 21 named districts, including Coimbatore, Salem, Madurai, Tiruvallur and Theni.
