The district administration in Bokaro is keeping close watch on the entry of migrant workers, students and others trapped outside the state due to a national lockdown imposed to check the spread of Covid-19 in India.
On the directive of Deputy Commissioner Bokaro Mukesh Kumar, all borders of the district have been sealed and constantly being monitored by the Police Officer and the deputed Magistrates.
People crossing the borders are being checked by medical teams and then they are being allowed to move ahead, said an official.
In the wee hours on Sunday, the district Engineer Hari Das stopped four migrant labourers who were trying to cross the border at Paterwar. The four labourers, residents of Penk village in Nawadih block, today reached Bokaro on their motorcycles from Mumbai. After medical check-ups, all of them were sent to the quarantine center Petarwar, informed the official.
Das is deputed as the magistrate on Paterwar Check Naka.
Each and every person, every vehicle entering the district is being checked as well as people entering the district are being kept in the quarantine centers set up by the district administration, he said.
FIR will be lodged by the district administration against those who are found violating the lock-down. “Flying squad is constantly inspecting all check posts following the directions of the Deputy Commissioner for vigilance 24 hours on all borders”, added the official.
All the check posts under Bokaro district, which are bordering the district, are being constantly monitored by the Block Development Officer, Circle Officer of the respective block and the OC of local police stations, informed Rahul Kumar Bharti, DPRO Bokaro.
Meanwhile Bokaro DC issued an order aiming to protect the officials and personnel on duty during the time of the global epidemic.
The order stated that, control rooms, offices, Check Naka and various places, where officials and personnel are being deputed, must be constantly sanitized.
“Everyone has to wear masks, gloves, full shirts, shoes and other safety equipments,” it added in the order.
For the health department's team and the sanitation workers especially those working in the quarantine center, it is compulsory to carry out work by wearing safety equipment and they must comply with the SOP norms, it said.