Coronavirus: UP to quarantine over a lakh migrant workers returned home

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Coronavirus: UP to quarantine over a lakh migrant workers returned home

Their names, addresses and phone numbers have been made available to the district magistrates

Sunday March 29, 2020 12:12 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS

[Tens of thousands of migrant workers are waiting at various bus stations near Delhi Uttar Pradesh border to reach their native villages to escape the brunt of the lockdown announced last Tuesday to check Coronavirus spread. (Photo tweeted by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi)]

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered quarantine for approximately one lakh people who have arrived in the state from other parts of the country in the last three days.

According to a statement issued by the state government, Yogi Adityanath said that in the last three days, one lakh people have come to UP from other states.

Their names, addresses and phone numbers have been made available to the district magistrates and they are being closely monitored.

The Chief Minister also issued directives that these people be kept in quarantine and arrangements for their food and other daily needs be fulfilled.

The state government is asking village heads, ASHA workers and other quasi-government officials to track down those who have come back in reverse migration and report to the police if they do not remain quarantined.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands of migrant workers are waiting at various bus stations near Delhi Uttar Pradesh border to reach their native villages to escape the brunt of the lockdown announced last Tuesday to check Coronavirus spread.

Many of them said they reached the bus stations believing in the rumours that the government has arranged special buses to ferry them to their home towns.

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