Preparations are underway for setting up a makeshift quarantine centre in Kolkata's famous cricket stadium Eden Gardens for COVID-19 patients after the Kolkata Police wrote a letter making a request to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) President, Abhishek Dalmia. Citing the 'urgent need of a large accommodation', the Kolkata Police requested access to Block E, F, G, H, and J galleries with the provision of kitchen inside the iconic sports ground “on temporary basis free of cost to Kolkata Police”, the letter said.