People face action for violating quarantine

Jaipur, May 27. It is compulsory for migrant labourers and others returning to State to be in 14-day quarantine, but many of them breach quarantine for which action has been taken against them. So far, action has been taken against 1306 people for violating quarantine.

Additional Chief Secretary, Public Works Department Smt Veenu Gupta and head of the state-level quarantine management committee said that at present more than 21,000 people are in institutional quarantine, while more than 4.75 lakh people are in home quarantine.

She said that people who are in home quarantine are strictly monitored and those who violate it are first counselled and then sent to institutional quarantine. Monitoring of people in home quarantine is done through Covid Quarantine Alert System (CQAS) application by Department of Information and Technology (DoIT). If any person breaches the quarantine, then information is received on CQAS and immediate action is taken.

She said that 1306 people breached quarantine of which 604 people were sent to institutional quarantine from home quarantine, while notice was served or penalty was imposed or lodged FIR against 702 people for violating quarantine.

Smt Gupta said that all the migrant labourers returning to the State are screened while entering into the border of the State and if no symptoms are found then they are asked to remain in home quarantine. If symptoms are found then the person is sent to the institutional quarantine.

She said that if any migrant says that there is not much space in the house for home quarantine then such migrants are sent to the institutional quarantine. Gram Panchayat Buildings, Hostels, Schools and other such buildings are being used as institutional quarantine. The state has 10,212 quarantine centres.

Districts including Pali, Udaipur, Jalore, Nagaur and Dungarpur have witnessed a huge influx of migrants, while Jalore, Pali, Nagaur, Hanumangarh and Barmer are the districts, where the number of people in home quarantine is high. Similarly, number of people in institutional quarantine is high in Nagaur, Rajsamand, Jhunjhunu, Chittorgarh and Churu districts.