GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Revenue

Office of the Collector & District Magistrate,

South Goa

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Micro–Containment Zone Order

No. 37/19/2020/L&O/MAG/8669

Whereas, it has been made to appear to me that

04 members of 03 families who are residents of

Sindhunagar of village Curti and 05 members of 02

families who are residents of Curti-Khandepar areas

of Ponda Taluka in South Goa District have been

tested positive for COVID-19 and the Dy. Collector &

Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Ponda-Goa has requested

vide his mail dated 22-07-2020 for declaration of

Micro Containment Zone and Buffer Zone;

Therefore, certain areas are now vulnerable to

COVID-19 being in close proximity to the epicentre.

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, Ajit

Roy, IAS, District Magistrate, South Goa do hereby

declare the following entire geographical areas given

below as Micro Containment Zones and Buffer Zones

respectively for all the purpose and objectives

prescribed in the protocol of COVID-19 to prevent

its spread in the adjoining areas;

Micro–Containment Zone

Area–1

Sr. No.

Name of the villages

1. Near Moonlight Bar, Curti of Ponda Taluka in jurisdiction

of Village Panchayat of Curti-Khandepar - Ward No. 7

(Part) of Village Panchayat of Curti-Khandepar (Map

enclosed)

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Buffer Zone

Sr. No.

Place identified

1. –

Area–2

Sr. No.

Name of the villages

1. Entire part of Sindhunagar, Curti of Ponda Taluka in

the jurisdiction of Village Panchayat of Curti-

-Khandepar - Ward No. 10 of Village Panchayat of

Curti-Khandepar (Map enclosed)

Buffer Zone

Sr. No.

Place identified

1. Remaining part of Ward No. 10 and Ganganagar of

Village Panchayat of Curti-Khandepar of Ponda

Taluka.

For combating the situation at hand, the

following action plan is prescribed to be carried

out screening of the suspects, testing of suspected

cases, quarantine, isolation, social distancing and

other public health measures in the Micro

Containment Zones 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

Ponda Taluka

1. The Dy. Collector & SDM, Ponda Taluka

(In-charge).

2. The Dy. Superintendent of Police, Ponda.

3. The Health Officer, Urban Health Officer,

Ponda.

4. The Deputy Director of Panchayats, South Goa,

Margao.

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5. The Fire Station Officer, Ponda, Department of

Fire & Emergency Services.

6. The Mamlatdar of Ponda Taluka.

7. The Inspector of Civil Supply Department,

Ponda.

8. The Executive Engineer, PWD (Roads) Ponda.

(Action by Dy. Collector & SDO, Ponda)

Sufficient number of teams comprising of

Medical Officers, ASHA workers and ANM for

conducting door to door screening/thermal

screening of each and every person of entire

household falling in Micro Containment Zones

shall be deployed by the Heath Officer, Urban

Health Centre, Ponda-Goa will be supervised

by any Doctor appointed by the Health Officer,

Urban Health Centre, Ponda, Goa. All of them

should work under the strict direction of

Health Officer, Urban Health Centre,

Ponda-Goa. All the staff on duty shall be

provided with Personal Protective Equipment

and other required device for screening/

/thermal scanning, etc. Gate/Door knobs of

each and every household will be properly

sanitized. The data so collected may be

recorded in register for further reference. The

Teams and Health Officer, Urban Health

Centre, Ponda-Goa shall follow proper medical

protocol. The Fire Station Officer, Ponda,

Mr. Sushil Morajkar (Mobile: 9158749666),

Department of Fire & Emergency Services shall

assist the Health Officer, Urban Health Centre,

Ponda-Goa to carry out necessary sanitization

of areas in the Micro Containment Zones.

(Action by: Health Officer, Ponda/

/Fire Dept/DDP.)

To ensure health check-up of sick persons of

above area through mobile check-up vans &

get a list prepared of person found sick marked

with red ink so that further necessary action

is taken. RTPCR will be done of all ILI cases

in the zones and all positive cases (to be done

during active surveillance) to be shifted to

hospital for clinician hospital and further

management. All the close contacts of positive

cases and SARI to be shifted to isolated wards.

The Health Officer, Urban Health Centre,

Ponda-Goa 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 by: Health Officer, Ponda)

The entire areas of Micro Containment Zones

will be fully sanitized by the Deputy Director

of Panchayats, South Goa with assistance of

the Fire Station Officer, Ponda. It shall be

ensured by them 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. The Deputy

Director of Panchayats, South Goa will be

Nodal Officer for the same. He will send a

daily report to the undersigned about area

sanitized on that day by 8.00 a.m. every day.

(Action by DDP/Fire Dept.)

Movement of public of the inhabitants of

Micro Containment Zones shall be absolutely

restricted and the entire Micro Containment

Zones shall be sealed by deployment of

adequate police force and setting up of

required number of Nakas. etc.

[Action by SP(S)]

The following officers are hereby appointed

as Duty Magistrates for the Micro Containment

Zones for maintaining law and order round

the clock:

Sr. No.

Name & Designation

Time

Smt. Janvi Kalekar,

06.00 a.m. to

Joint Mamlatdar-III

02.00 p.m.

of Ponda

Mobile: 9404910261

Shri Kaushik Dessai,

02.00 p.m. to

Joint Mamlatdar-I & II

10.00 p.m.

of Ponda

Mobile: 8378003255

Shri Rajesh Sakhalkar,

10.00 p.m. to

Mamlatdar of Ponda

06.00 a.m.

Mobile: 9822181954

(Action by: Duty Magistrate, Ponda)

Necessary barricading of the Micro

Containment Zones shall be done by Shri

Sandeep Gawde, Assistant Eng. (Mobile

No. 9923924059/9168694782) O/o A.E., SD-I,

WD-XVI(Building), PWD, Ponda-Goa, in

consultation with the Superintendent of

Police, South Goa.

(Action by: SP(S)/PWD)

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Sufficient stock of personal protective

equipment/devices and required medicines

shall be kept at the Control Room by the

Health Officer, Ponda-Goa.

(Action by: Health Officer, Ponda)

E.S.I. Hospital, Margao, Goa and Sub District

Hospital, Ponda are declared as Containment/

/Isolation/COVID Hospital. The Health Officer,

Urban Health Centre, Ponda-Goa shall ensure

that all required health-care/medical facilities

are in placed to meet any emergency.

(Action by: Health Officer, Ponda/Nodal Officer,

COVID Hospital, Margao)

The 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 Hospital to the Zones and drop

them back.

(Action by KTCL)

10.

Demand of essential goods/commodities such

as raw/dry ration/milk/grocery/medicine/

/vegetables shall be worked out and lists shall

be prepared by Mr. Dilip C. Gaude, Inspector

of Civil Supply Department, Ponda (Mobile:

9921590581) in association with Shri Raju

Dessai, Deputy Director of Panchayats, South

Goa (Mobile: 9422063213). 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

delivery personnel would wear Personal

Protective Equipment and drop the packets

at the door itself. He will not go inside of 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 from their own office.

(Action by Civil Supply Inspector/DDP)

11.

Regular power supply in the Micro

Containment Zone shall be ensured by

Mr. Arvind Davlikar (Mobile No. 8380015153)

O/o Asst. Engineer, SD-III WD. X, Electricity

Dept., Ponda-Goa.

(Action by: Electricity Dept.)

12.

Regular safe drinking water supply shall be

ensured by the Health Officer, Ponda-Goa and

the Water Department, PWD, Ponda-Goa.

(Action by Heath Officer, Ponda/PWD)

13.

Ambulance and other Para-medical staff shall

be deployed by the Health Officer, Ponda-Goa.

(Action by: Health Officer, Ponda)

14.

Regular telecom services shall be ensured by

BSNL, Ponda, Goa.

(Action by: BSNL, Ponda)

15.

Further, intensive surveillance mechanism as

outlined in the Standard Operating Protocol

(SOP) issued by MoHFW is to be established

within the Micro Containment Zones. The

Incident Commander-In-Charge of Sub-

Divisions shall ensure 100% coverage of

Aarogya Setu App among the residents of

Containment Zones.

(Action by: SP(S)/Health Officer/SDM, Ponda)

16.

In the Micro Containment Zones, 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) Testing of all cases with Severe Acute

Respiratory Infection (SARI), Influenza Like

Illness (ILI) and other symptoms specified

by MoHFW.

d) House to house surveillance by special

teams constituted for this purpose.

e) Clinical management of all cases as per

protocol.

f) Counseling and educating people and

establishing effective communication

strategies.

(Action by Health Officer, Ponda/DDP/Mamlatdar)

17.

In the Micro 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 by SP(S)]

18.

Activities need to be followed in Micro

Containment Zones:

a) Strict perimeter control.

b) Establishment control.

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c) Movement of persons only for maintaining

supply of goods and services and for

medical emergencies.

d) No unchecked influx of people and

transport.

e) Recording of details of people moving in

and out of perimeter.

[Action by SP(S)]

19.

In Micro 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 by Health Officer, Ponda)

20.

Protection of the Frontline workers: All the

frontline workers shall be provided with all

the equipment’s 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 meaures.

21.

Line Departments with specific responsibility

and Formation of task forces:

1. Police Department in managing Law &

Order through strict vigil.

2. Fire Department in Sanitizing Disinfecting

Area.

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3. Horticultural Department through an

initiative called Ration on wheel to ensure

the availability of dry ration and groceries

in different parts of Ponda Taluka.

4. A dedicated team shall be formed to ensure

smooth flow of distribution of dry ration

and cooked food to the stranded labours

and needy people of Ponda Taluka.

5. Arrangement for home delivery of other

essential and non-essential items on

payment basis shall also be worked out.

(Action by Dy. Collector & SDM, Ponda)

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, Ponda shall

be overall in-charge of the Micro Containment

Zones and Buffer Zone and to 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.

Given under my hand and seal of this office this

22nd day of July, 2020.

Margao.— The District Magistrate, South Goa,

Ajit Roy, IAS.