Shocking! Water, biscuits tossed into quarantine facility at Agra

Shocking videos have been doing rounds on social media of a quarantine centre in Agra where a man in PPE is seen throwing essential items like water, and biscuits at locals scrambling behind a locked gate.

Agra (Uttar Pradesh): The 'Agra-Model' of Uttar Pradesh government which heaped praise from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its coronavirus containment strategy has now come under the scanner.

In a disturbing video that has gone viral, a man in protective gear was purportedly tossing biscuit packets and people inside the quarantine centre were picking those by stretching their hands through the gaps of the gate.

The video was reportedly shot at Hindustan Engineering College in Agra that has been taken over by the district administration and converted into a quarantine facility.

Social distancing, essential for those under quarantine, is totally absent in the visuals, with the people crowding behind the gate right next to each other. Another video shows mineral water bottles kept near the gate and hands reaching out for water.

When ETV Bharat tried to talk to Dr Jitendra Lavania, In charge of Quarantine Center, he refused to answer the questions posed by the team.

Meanwhile, the total no of coronavirus cases in Uttar Pradesh has reached to 1,868. The total no of coronavirus death has reached 29.