Good News For Chennai: Govt Removes Hundreds of Containment Zones From List! Check, Where Is Yours?

Amid the rise of cases and death in Tamil Nadu, a total number of 379 containment areas were removed from the containment zone list of Chennai on Wednesday. This was a good sign and news for most of the city resident as hundreds of people felt a sigh of relief. 

As per the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), this list has been issued where few containment area have been removed.

In the latest list 19 areas are removed which are from Thiruvottiyur (zone one), seven from Manali (zone two), 11 from Madhavaram (zone three), 36 from Tondiarpet (zone four), 72 from Royapuram (zone five), 67 from Thiru Vi Ka Nagar (zone six), 24 from Ambattur (zone seven), 23 from Anna Nagar (zone eight), 35 from Teynampet (zone nine), 22 from Kodambakkam (zone 10), 33 from Valasaravakkam (zone 11), four from Alandur (zone 12), 12 from Adyar (zone 13), eight from Perungudi (zone 14) and six from Sholinganallur (zone 15).

While, thirteen containment areas from Pulianthope (ward 77) in Thiru Vi Ka Nagar (zone six) have been removed from the list of containment zones. 

Among most of the wards, Pulianthope has the highest number of COVID-19 cases. Looking at the updated stats of May 20, Chennai has a total number of 774 containment zones. 

Check out the list below: