BENGALURU: In the wake of rise of containment zones in the city, Bengaluru Municipal Commissioner N. Manjunath Prasada on Friday hinted that if people fail to adhere to Covid protocols, the government has no option but to implement at least partial lockdown in Bengaluru.

The Commissioner told before media that they were mulling recommending the Karnataka government close down gyms, swimming pools, community alls, open-air gyms in parks and theatres.  He said that bringing down the occupancy in cinema halls to 50 percent and leaving alternate seats vacant was also another likely recommendation.

Preliminary discussions had already taken place between Bengaluru civic body officials and top officials of the Department of Health and Family Welfare, he added. The civic body chief said that five zones -- east, west, south, Mahadevapura, and Bommanahalli -- have been reporting more than 100 cases a day.

Showing the example of a family which was asked to be home quarantined but went to visit an ISKCON temple and later tested positive, he said: "How can such gross negligence be tolerated? If the same thing continues, then there is no option but enforce lockdown." Civic health officials found two families in the Yelahanka zone to be at the heart of two clusters, and both had defied home quarantine rules before testing positive for the infection.

"All people staying in their apartment building were asked to follow strict home quarantine after a person living in the same building tested positive on March 8, a week after he returned from Kerala," a senior BBMP official said.

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