COVID-19 - Demarcation of Containment Zone to Control Corona Virus - List of Containment Zone as on 4th September 2020
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, issued G.O. Ms. No. 469, Revenue and Disaster Management (D.M.II), dated 7th September 2020, notifying the list of COVID-19 containment zones as on 4th September 2020 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. It identifies 1,651 containment zones across 35 districts for controlling the Corona Virus and records that containment had been completed in Dharmapuri and Perambalur.
What the notification does
The Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, issued G.O. Ms. No. 469, Revenue and Disaster Management (D.M.II), dated 7th September 2020. The notification formally lists areas treated as COVID-19 containment zones as on 4th September 2020 under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, for controlling the Corona Virus.
The notification was published in Part II, Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 7th September 2020. Its notification number is No. II(2)/REVDM/534(j)/2020.
Areas covered
The district summary records 1,651 containment zones across 35 districts. It also states that containment had been completed in Dharmapuri and Perambalur.
District totals include:
- Ariyalur, 14 zones.
- Chengalpattu, 25 zones.
- Chennai, 29 zones.
- Coimbatore, 101 zones.
- Cuddalore, 116 zones.
- Kancheepuram, 118 zones.
- Salem, 134 zones.
- Theni, 206 zones.
- Tiruvarur, 177 zones.
- Tiruvannamalai, 94 zones.
The detailed schedule identifies containment zones through columns for district, HUD, locality or area name, and pincode. Entries include streets, wards, residential colonies, apartments, campuses, quarters, municipal areas, towns and villages.
Who may be affected
The containment zone list is relevant to residents, property owners, occupiers, buyers and professionals dealing with a location named in the schedule. A person checking a property should compare its exact street, ward, locality and pincode with the listed entries, because a district total alone does not show whether a particular property was inside a containment zone.
Effect on property matters
G.O. Ms. No. 469 is a public health containment notification. The supplied text does not change land ownership, property title, land classification, registration requirements or planning permission. Its direct function is to demarcate specified locations as containment zones as on 4th September 2020.
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Common questions
Does this notification change the ownership or title of land in a containment zone?
No change to land ownership or title is stated. The notification identifies COVID-19 containment zones for controlling the Corona Virus.
How can I check whether a property was in a listed containment zone?
Compare the property's district, locality or street, and pincode with the detailed schedule. The schedule also includes a column headed HUD.
How many containment zones were notified?
The district summary records a total of 1,651 containment zones across 35 districts as on 4th September 2020.
Were Dharmapuri and Perambalur included in the active containment zone totals?
The notification states that containment had been completed in Dharmapuri and Perambalur.
