GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Revenue

Office of the Collector, North Goa

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Micro–Containment Order

No. 50-9/COLL(N)/DMC/CONT-Chimbel/2020-21/70

Whereas, there is a prevailing situation in the

country due to the Health Emergency posed by

COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by Corona

Virus;

Whereas, it has been made to appear to the

undersigned by the Health Officer, Primary Health

Centre, Chimbel, that there is a need for declaration

of Containment Zone and Buffer Zone in Chimbel

village in Tiswadi Taluka in North Goa District being

vulnerable to the spread of the disease;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred

upon me under Section 30 and Section 34 of the

Disaster Management Act, 2005 and under provisions

of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 read with “The Goa

Epidemic Disease COVID-19 Regulation, 2020”, I, R.

Menaka, IAS, District Magistrate, North Goa do

hereby declare the following entire geographical

areas given below, as Micro Containment Zone and

Buffer Zones respectively for all purpose and

objectives prescribed in the protocol of COVID-19 to

prevent its spread in the adjoining areas;

Micro–Containment Zone

Sr. No.

Name of the Village

1. Part of Ward No. 5 i.e. Xerent, Chimbel Village

comprising of H. No. 96, 94, 91, 93, 90, 55, 86, 84, 85,

82/2, 81/5, 89, 98 & 99

Panaji, 22nd June, 2020 (Asadha 1, 1942)

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Buffer Zone

Sr. No.

Name of the Village

1. Remaining part of Ward No. 5 i.e. Xirent, Chimbel

Village

For combating the situation at hand, the

following action plan is prescribed to be carried

out including screening, testing of suspected

cases, quarantine, isolation, social distancing and

other public health measures in the Containment

Zone effectively:

1. Deployment of Rapid Response Team (RRT)

The Rapid Response Team is to investigate the

outbreak and initiate control measure by assessing

the situation.

Members of Rapid Response Team for Tiswadi

Taluka

1. The Dy. Collector & SDM, Tiswadi Taluka

(Incharge).

2. The Dy. Superintendent of Police, Panaji.

3. The Health Officer, Primary Health Centre,

Chimbel, Tiswadi.

4. The Village Panchayat Secretary, Chimbel

Village Panchayat.

5. The Fire Station Officer, Old Goa, Department

of Fire & Emergency Services.

6. The Mamlatdar of Tiswadi Taluka.

7. The Inspector of Civil Supply Department,

Panaji, Tiswadi.

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8. The Executive Engineer, WD - V, PWD (Bldgs),

Govt. Garage near Caculo Mall, Tonca, St. Inez.

(Action: Dy. Collector & SDO, Tiswadi)

2. Screening of Persons

(i)

Sufficient number of teams comprising of

Medical Personnel, ANM for conducting door

to door thermal screening of each and every

person of entire household falling in

Containment Zone shall be deployed by the

Health Officer, Primary Health Centre, Chimbel

and will be supervised by any Doctor

appointed by the Health Officer, Primary

Health Centre, Chimbel, Goa. All of them

should work under the strict direction of

Health Officer, Primary Health Centre,

Chimbel. All the staff on duty shall be

provided with Personal Protective Equipment

and other required device for screening/

/thermal scanning, etc.

(ii)

Health check-up of sick persons of above area

through mobile check-up vans/fever clinic is

to be carried out. The list of persons found

sick marked with red ink is to be prepared so

that further necessary action is taken. All

positive cases are to be shifted to Covid Care

Centre or Covid Hospital for further

management as required. The Health Officer,

Primary Health Centre, Chimbel, Goa is to

ensure screening/testing of all the close

contacts as per medical protocol and contact

tracing of all persons who have come in

contact with these persons.

(Action: Health Officer, Chimbel)

3. Sanitisation

The entire areas of Containment Zone will be

fully sanitized by the V. P. Secretary, Village

Panchayat Chimbel, Tiswadi, with assistance of the

Fire Station Officer, Old-Goa. It shall be ensured

that the staff deployed for complete sanitization of

the locality is adequately provided with Personal

Protective Equipment viz. face masks, gloves, caps,

sanitizers, shoes and also follow social distancing

norms. No sweeping of the area shall be done and

solid waste shall be picked/lifted properly to avoid

dust. Gate/Door knobs of each and every household

will be properly sanitized. The Teams and Health

Officer, Primary Health Centre, Chimbel, Goa shall

follow proper medical protocol. The Fire Station

Officer, Old Goa, Shri Naamdev Dhargalkar (Mob.

No. 8308846744), Department of Fire & Emergency

Services shall assist the Health Officer, Primary

Health Centre, Chimbel, to carry out necessary

sanitization of areas in the Containment Zone. The

V. P. Secretary will be Nodal Officer for the same. A

daily report on the area sanitized on that day shall

be submitted to the undersigned by 8.00 a.m. every

day.

(Action: Village Panchayat Secretary,

Chimbel/Fire Dept.)

4. Restriction on Movement

Movement of public i.e. the inhabitants of

Containment Zone shall be absolutely restricted

and the entire Containment Zone shall be sealed

by deployment of adequate police force and setting

up of required number of Nakas. In the Containment

Zones, there shall be strict perimeter control to

ensure that there is no movement of population in

or out of these zones except for medical

emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential

goods and services. The guidelines issued in this

regard by MoHFW will be strictly implemented.

[Action: SP (North)]

5. Maintenance of Law and Order

The following officers are hereby appointed as

Duty Magistrate for the Containment Zone for

maintaining law and order round the clock:

Sr. No.

Name & Designation

Time

Smt. Varsha Parab,

06.00 a.m. to

Joint Mamlatdar-III of Tiswadi

02.00 p.m.

Taluka

(M) 8308014526

Kum. Amalia O. F. Pinto,

02.00 p.m. to

Joint Mamlatdar-I of Tiswadi

10.00 p.m.

Taluka

(M) 9923906016

Smt. Archana Fatarpekar,

10.00 p.m. to

Joint Mamlatdar-II of Tiswadi

06.00 a.m.

Taluka

(M) 9945923070

(Action: Duty Magistrate, Tiswadi)

6. Barricading

Necessary barricading of the Containment Zone

shall be done by Sadhana Bandekar, Executive Eng.

(Mobile No. 9921380026) O/o WD-II, PWD (Road),

3rd Floor forth Lift Annex Blgd., Junta House,

Panaji-Goa, in consultation with the Superintendent

of Police, North Goa.

(Action: SP (North)/PWD)

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7. Protection of the Frontline workers

All the frontline workers shall be provided with

all the equipments for personal protection like PPE,

N95 face mask, triple layered masks, gloves, hand

sanitizer, liquid soap. They shall be provided with

proper safety instructions to be adopted while on

duty and after proceeding home to maintain all

precautionary measures. Sufficient stock of Personal

Protective Equipment/devices and required

medicines shall be kept at the Control Room by the

Health Officer, Primary Health Centre, Chimbel, Goa.

Ambulance and other Para-medical staff shall be

deployed by the Health Officer, Chimbel, Goa.

(Action: Health Officer, Chimbel)

8. Deployment of Buses

Shri Venancio Furtado (Mobile No. 9422447475)

Managing Director, Kadamba Transport Corporation

Ltd., Goa shall deploy two buses exclusively for

carrying the health teams constituted for door to

door screening/thermal scanning from PHC to the

Containment Zone and drop them back.

(Action: MD, KTCL)

9. Supply of Essentials

Demand of essential goods/commodities such as

raw/dry ration/milk/grocery/medicine/vegetables

shall be worked out and lists shall be prepared by

Shri Ramkrishna S. Salgaonkar, Inspector of Civil

Supply, O/o Mamlatdar of Tiswadi Taluka, Panaji-

Goa (Mobile: 9011339585) in association with Shri

Rahul Desai, Mamlatdar Tiswadi Taluka (Mobile:

9422739774). There shall be separate packets of

vegetable, ration/grocery items, milk, etc. and

delivery of the same would be ensured at the door

step. The volunteers would wear Personal Protective

Equipment and drop the packets at the door itself.

He will not go inside any house or make physical

contact with any person. Accountability of the

essential goods/items received and distributed to

the households shall be maintained by the above

officers on daily basis for which they may deploy

adequate staff.

(Action: Civil Supply Inspector/Mamlatdar)

10. Uninterrupted Power Supply

Regular power supply in the Containment Zone

shall be ensured by Shri Arun Patil (EE) (Mobile

No. 8380015001) Executive Engineer, Div-I

Electricity Dept, Panaji-Goa.

(Action: Electricity Dept.)

11. Uninterrupted Drinking Water Supply

Regular safe drinking water supply shall be

ensured by the Shri Subhash Gaude (AE) (Mobile

No. 9423209908) Assistant Engineer, PWD (Water),

Div. III, St. Inez, Panaji-Goa.

(Action: PWD)

12. Uninterrupted Telecom Services

Regular telecom services shall be ensured by

BSNL Office, Dovornem, Merces-Goa.

(Action: BSNL, Merces)

13. Regular Surveillance

Intensive surveillance mechanism as outlined in

the Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) issued by

MoHFW is to be established within the

Containment Zone. The Incident Commander-In-

-Charge of Sub-Divisions shall ensure 100% coverage

of Aarogya Setu App among the residents of

Containment Zones.

(Action: SP (North)/Health Officer/SDM, Tiswadi)

14. In the Containment Zone, the following

activities shall be undertaken by the local

authorities:

a) Contact Tracing.

b) Home or Institutional Quarantining of

individuals based on risk assessment by

medical officers. This risk assessment will be

based on symptoms, contact with confirmed

cases and travel history.

c) House to house surveillance by special teams

constituted for this purpose.

d) Counseling and educating people and

establishing effective communication

strategies.

(Action: Health Officer, Chimbel)

15. Activities need to be followed in Containment

Zone:

a) Strict perimeter control.

b) Establishment control.

c) Movement of persons only for maintaining

supply of goods and services and for medical

emergencies.

d) No unchecked influx of people and transport.

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e) Recording of details of people moving in and

out of perimeter.

[Action: SP (North)]

16. In Containment Zones, Out-Patient

Departments (OPDs) and Medical Clinics shall not

be permitted to operate. However, these may be

permitted to operate with social distancing norms

and other safety precautions.

(Action: Health Officer, Chimbel, Goa)

17. Line Departments with specific responsibility:

Police Department in managing Law & Order

through strict vigil.

Fire Department in Sanitizing Disinfecting

Area.

Horticultural Department through an initiative

called Ration on wheel to ensure the

availability of dry ration and groceries.

(Action: Dy. Collector & SDO, Tiswadi)

Any violation shall invite criminal proceedings

under the relevant provisions of the Disaster

Management Act, 2005 and the Indian Penal Code,

1860.

The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Tiswadi shall be

overall in-charge of the Containment Zone and

Buffer Zone and over-see all the arrangements.

All the Officers/Officials on duty shall perform/

/discharge their duties efficiently and any laxity on

the part of any Officer/Official will attract strict

action under the provisions of Disaster Management

Act, 2005.

Date: 19th June, 2020.

R. Menaka, IAS,

District Collector/District Magistrate/

/Chairperson,

District Management Authority,

North Goa, Panaji, Goa.

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