The BMC has decided to seal entire areas instead of small pockets with a few houses in K West ward as the number of containment zones increased here. This includes seven slum pockets with a total of 1,21,780 people. It has also decided to erect towers for better management of the CZs in the ward. The towers will come up within two-three days and will have a public address system for communication.

As the number of containment zones in K West ward increased from 59 on April 19 to 255 on May 9, the ward officer decided to seal whole areas instead of small pockets of 50 to 100 houses. Out of the 255 Containment Zones about 73 fall into the slum pockets, so now these areas will be completely sealed for a minimum of 14 days along with Juhu Koliwada, where only two cases have been reported. "The aim is to monitor and manage the area with less positive patients," said Vishwas Mote, assistant commissioner of K west ward. The BMC will erect the watch towers as a request has come from the police for effective management of crowds in small gullies of slums.