Nirmal Dutta, councillor of Ward 38, comprising a portion of Duttabad, has tested positive for Covid-19. This makes him the second councillor under the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation to be infected. Subhas Bose, councillor of Ward 6 that comprises places like Chinar Park and Kaikhali, succumbed to it.
Dutta was down with fever since August 23 and the doctor advised him a Covid test. “I took the test on August 25 and my report has come positive. I am staying in home isolation now,” he said.
Duttabad is reeling under Covid cases and Dutta himself admitted that many were not following proper social distancing and hygiene protocol in his ward. “More than 80 cases have been reported from Duttabad,” he said. “I have been organising testing camps and was also helping people reach government-run quarantine centres and safe houses.”