MUMBAI : Dr Baliga Nagar, the first containment zone created in Mumbai’s Dharavi on 1 April, has become free of the tag as the city’s municipal body has not found any new case in the slum rehabilitation society since 7 April.
Kiran Dighavkar, assistant municipal commissioner at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), G/North ward, where Dharavi is located, told Mint over a phone call that other containment zones such as Vaibhav Apartment and Social Nagar will also be de-contained as no new cases have emerged in these areas for over 21 days. “The number of positive cases have also reduced sharply in Kalyanwadi, Madina Nagar and Muslim Nagar, which are at present demarcated as covid-19 hotspots.