District Magistrate declared Badhal as containment Zone. Imposes section 163

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SHYAM SOOD

District Magistrate imposes section 163 BNSS in Badhal.

**Victim’s houses shall be sealed.
**Badhal divided in 3 zones, Administration shall provide water & food.
**Edible dumped by affected families & their close contacts shall be seized.

RAJOURI JAN 21:-Following 17 deaths and critical condition of another member of the victim’s family on Tuesday, who was referred to PGI Chandigarh, District Magistrate Rajouri, Abhishek Sharma has declared Badhal area as containment zone.

In an order issued on Tuesday (DCR/2024-25/PA/698-709 dt 21/1/2025) the entire Badhaal area has been divided into 3- Zones.
The step taken is focused on containment strategy and surveillance measures for affected families and close contacts in Badhal.

First Zone.. In the first containment zone, the houses of the families shall be sealed where deaths have occurred.
No body, including family members, shall be allowed to enter the houses barring permission from designated officers/officials.

Second Zone.. In the second zone all families identified as close contacts of affected individuals shall be covered.
In this zone immediate shifting of individuals from these families to GMC Rajouri is mandatory for continuous health monitoring.
Third Zone covers all the households of Badhal village.

In this zone staff shall ensure continuous monitoring of food consumption by the people.
Police personnel shall enforce compliance with the consumption of replaced food item under observation (food items to be supplied by the administration).

Logbook is to be maintained by designated officers to record every instance of food distribution and consumption. The entries will be made in the said logbook 3-times a day and each entry must be signed by the monitoring officer for accountability purposes.

The DMs order has also prohibited all public /private gatherings within the jurisdiction of three containment zones to avoid further spread of infection.
Identified by the administration, the designated officers shall be responsible for monitoring all meals provided to the families in containment zones.
Affected families and their close contacts have to consume only the food and water provided by the administration.

The authorities shall immediately seize all the edible material dumped in the infected households and will be replaced by items supplied by the administration. DM has directed for immediate implementation of the order by the concerned departments including police, health and food distribution authorities.