Eden Gardens has joined the fight against Covid-19 after Kolkata Police asked the Bengal Cricket Association (CAB) to use the area under their galleries to establish a makeshift quarantine facility for its police personnel urgently.
Eden Gardens will assist Kolkata Police COVID Warriors. (Source: CAB)
The decision was made at an emergency meeting today in Lal Bazaar in the Chamber of Special Commissioner Jawed Shamim and CAB officials, and then a joint inspection was conducted at Eden Gardens. Among the CAB office bearers, Avishek Dalmiya (President, CAB) and Snehasish Ganguly (Hony. Secretary, CAB) were present during the inspection.
Space will be used under five galleries, namely blocks E, F, G, and H to configure the facilities. In case more space is required, then block J could be used. These areas would be completely segregated as a security measure.
“It is our duty to help and support the administration in this hour of crisis. The quarantine facility would be used for Police personnel who are COVID warriors. The lower galleries that would be used in blocks E, F, G, H, and J would be adequately segregated and secured from the equilibrium areas. The agreement agreed between the Kolkata police and the CAB would ensure that the areas used for cricket and administrative activities are not affected, “Avishek Dalmiya said Friday night.
The gardeners and the rest of the staff will be transferred to the bedrooms and other safer spaces in blocks B, C, K and L within the stadium.
Eden Gardens. (Express photo: Partha Paul)
Since the administrative operation occurs mainly in the Club House, the adjacent blocks (B, C, D, K and L) would not be used for it, allowing the Association to use them to carry out its activities and / or its work. administrative.
So far, 544 Kolkata police staff have tested positive for the virus and 411 have recovered. 2 victims have been reported.
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