In a bid to control and stop the movement of migrant labourers and workers across the State, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has directed the Deputy Commissioners (DC’s) to completely seal the inter and intra-State borders.
According to the directions by the CM, the migrants should be stopped at their respective places and no one should be allowed to move from the current locations.
The CM ordered the officers concerned to set up shelter or relief camps and ensure that proper food, boarding and lodging arrangements were made for the migrant labourers staying in such camps and if anyone still opposes, strict action should be taken against them.
However, the Gurugram district administration has already set up four shelter homes, that can house almost 600 people, for workers from other states stranded in the city due to the lockdown.
According to officials, one shelter home capable of accommodating 350 people has been set up near IMT Manesar on the Delhi-Jaipur national highway. Food will be provided to the occupants.
Other three are at the community centre on Gurugram-Sohna road near Bhondsi village (150 people), at Bhim Nagar (40 people), and at Kadipur village (50 people).
“Since a lot of people work in IMT Manesar, the capacity of this shelter home is bigger than the others. I appeal to people from other states who reside in Gurugram to come to the shelter homes and not leave the city,” said Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram Amit Khatri.
The district has so far reported 10 cases of Coronavirus out of which five patients who recovered have been discharged, said CMO Jaswant Singh Punia. These include the first person who tested positive, a 29-year-old woman who had returned from Malaysia and Indonesia on February 22, as well as a couple from Nirvana Country, where the man had recently returned from London.
The other two are a 22-year-old studying in London who had returned home on March 14, as well as her 16-year-old brother.
Also, In the last 5 days, however, no new cases have emerged, according to officials from the health department.
