of covid19 including five deaths have been reported in west bengal according to the union ministry of health family welfarepolice are visiting all religious shrines and informing people that any congregation is banned throughout april in west bengaldrones have been employed in densely populated clusters in north kolkata like hatibagan and shyambazar and in the extreme south like patuli and panchasayar to keep an eye on peple defying lockdown rulesani update at 1045am security personnel keep vigil outside athagaon kabarsthan spanish garden complex in guwahati that have been declared as containment zones after covid19 cases emerged thereani update at 1031am people throng a vegetable market in agartala amid coronavirus lockdown two cases of covid19 have been reported in the state according to the union ministry of health family welfaretea plucking has begun in durgabari tea estate in west tripura district with half of workforce amid coronavirus lockdown we are practicing social distancing and also taking precautions like wearing masks and washing hands regularly one of the workers said anikolkata police and civic officials have decided to regulate the functioning of markets more closely to prevent crowding and ensure social distancing norms west bengal ready to enforce a longer shutdown but with a human facecm mamata banerjee urged pm modi to crosscheck facts before blaming west bengal government after the ministry of home affairs sent a stern missive to the state alleging gross violation of lockdown measures and warned of penal action against officers failing to enforce the lockdown under the disaster managementact 2006cops intensified lockdown enforcement in pockets of kolkata police scanned the stretch between canning street and burrabazarmg road crossingwith drones on saturdayin salt lake barricades were installed in ad block but were removed in the evening bidhannagar cops though continued using drones