As many as 121 West Bengal labourers, working in Bhubaneswar, are lodged in a school in Jaleswar after they were turned away by the Bengal authorities denying permission to enter their territory amid the scare of pandemic COVID-19.
These people hailing from Murshidabad district of Bengal had tried to return to their native place crossing the border.
However, they were enroute intercepted by the police and the district administration personnel near Angua under West Medinapur.
Since Bhubaneswar has emerged as a hotspot of the dreaded virus of Odisha, the authorities of Bengal were denied permission of entry.
Dantun police informed Jaleswar police stating why their entry was restricted during the lockdown period.
The matter while was informed to district Collector K Sudarshan Chakravarthy, he after intervening in the matter brought back the workers from Angua about 16 km from Jaleswar border and lodged them in a college in Jaleswar.
They are provided with food and other facilities.
While on the one hand the locals in Jaleswar appreciated the move of Baleswar administration for the timely action and help, on the other, they demanded their screening be conducted and monitored since they came from Bhubaneswar.