Patna: The Bihar government has closed the registration of migrants returning to Bihar for keeping them under 14-day institutional quarantine from Monday as the movement of people has opened across the country, a top official of the Disaster Management department said.
So far 28 to 29 lakh migrants have returned to the state and of them, 8.77 lakh people have been discharged from quarantine centres after completing their 14 day quarantine period. Besides, 5.30 lakh migrants, till date, are living at block and district level quarantine centres across the state, he said.
"Yes, we have stopped the registration of migrants from Monday for putting them in 14-day institutional quarantine... Why will anyone (migrant) be registered and for what when restrictions on the movement of people have been lifted in the country. How do you know who is migrant because now anyone can come either by train, bus, car or any other mode," Disaster Management Departments Principal Secretary Pratyaya Amrit told PTI on Tuesday.
"The arrangement (of putting migrants in quarantine) was introduced when the movement of people was either banned or restricted," Amrit said.
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During the lockdown period, people had to avail passes from the competent authorities to undertake travel from one place to another. But with the introduction of unlock 1, such requirement has been done away with.