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Kolkata: The Gitanjali Stadium and Kishore Bharati Stadium in south Kolkata to start functioning as Safe Homes with 1,000 beds by the end of this week. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on July 16, had announced the setting up of Safe Homes at the two stadiums. The facility of regular health monitoring to mild symptomatic patients is also made available at the "Safe Homes". Already the state government had set up 109 "Safe Homes" with 7,126 beds in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. There will be around 800 and 200 beds in Gitanjali and Kishore Bharati stadium respectively..