Stuck for many days?Now you can go home during lockdown-Here is how
Stuck for many days?Now you can go home during lockdown-Here is how
Students, Workers, Migrant labourers, pilgrims or tourists who do not have symptoms of coronavirus can return to their home states now.
Yes, you read that correct. The Centre (MHA) has said, issuing a set of guidelines nearly five weeks after the lockdown was announced, leaving thousands stranded across the country. The order comes a day after the Centre was asked to respond to issue by the Supreme Court, which was hearing a set of petitions asking that migrants who do not have COVID-19 be allowed to go home. The Centre’s lockdown guidelines — which asked required states to stop movement of movement of migrants across the borders — have been questioned by states like Bihar and Jharkhand after it gave clearance to Uttar Pradesh last week to move its labourers stranded in Haryana. Currently Air Ambulance was only allowed to fly from one place to another place.
You can travel by taking permission from District Collect if you have to travel from one place to another place. Now govt is making changes and it will be easy for thousands of people who are stuck at various locations all over the country.
- In its order, the home ministry asked the states to appoint nodal bodies and draw up protocols for the migrants’ movement.
- “The moving person(s) would be screened and those found asymptomatic would be allowed to proceed,” the government said.
- Buses will be allowed for the interstate movement of the people and they should be sanitised between trips, the order read.
- Necessary documents will be required like address proof , reason of travel etc for traveling during this lockdown .
- Two days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a fourth video-conference with the Chief Ministers, where an exit plan from the lockdown was discussed.
- The same day, the Centre had told the Supreme Court that it was “very much concerned” about the migrant labourers. “The government is consulting with the states on how many have to be transported to their states and how many have to be given help and what kind We are taking all kind of steps,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had said
- The court had asked the Centre to respond within a week on whether migrant labourers who have tested negative for coronavirus can be sent home.
- This will only be one time travel after showing necessary documents. It is not clear if Airlines will be allowed to travel. Only Buses are written in the official order.
- Only tourist, laborers, students will be allowed to go back to their home. No business or work related travel will be allowed.
- As the movement from cities to turned into an exodus, throwing to the wind all rules of social distancing, the government asked the states to seal borders and keep those who broke lockdown in 14-day compulsory quarantine.