14-day quarantine for migrants returning to UP

March 29, 2020 09:37

A 14-day quarantine in state-run camps is mandatory for lakhs of migrant labourers who are returning to their hometowns in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in special buses amid a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus or COVID-19.

Thousands desperate to return home had crowded bus stations in Delhi on Saturday after over 500 buses were arranged for them by state governments in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Heartbreaking visuals over the last few days had shown migrants trying to reach their native towns and villages on the foot. Transport services - including interstate buses and passenger trains - are shut for the next three weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Tuesday announcement of "total lockdown" to curb spread of COVID-19.

In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed all the district magistrates to trace over 1.5 lakh migrants who have returned to the state in the last three days, quarantine them in state-run camps and ensure arrangements for their food and other everyday needs. Their names, addresses and phone numbers have been made available to these officials and they are being monitored.

"All of these migrant labourers have to stay in government camps for 14 days. They would not be allowed to return to their homes," Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said. More than 65,000 calls were made to village heads last night to ensure the arrangements.

Nodal officers have been appointed to carry this exercise. The village bodies have also been asked to prepare a list of migrants.

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