First batch of over 2,200 migrants reach UP from Haryana

Shahira Naim

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, April 25

The first lot of 2,224 migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh, who were stranded in Haryana, boarded 84 buses to return home on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters, additional chief secretary Avanish Awasthi said most of these migrants are from 16 districts of western UP.

After undergoing medical tests, they would be put up at the special shelter homes for 14-day quarantine.

Another 11,000 migrants from Haryana are expected to return on Sunday, informed Awasthi.

Following up on his assurance to bring back migrant laborers from UP stranded in other states, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday directed his officers to increase the number of shelter homes in the districts and equip them with public address systems, community kitchens, and adequate clean toilets.

To check the frequent cases of medical infections in the state CM Yogi, during the Covid-19 review meeting, directed the Health and Medical Education department to set up a dedicated team of doctors tasked with evolving ways and means to check medical infection in all government and private hospitals.

According to Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad in Uttar Pradesh, hospitals have emerged as the major hub of the spread of infection.

According to Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh, Paras Hospital in the district was responsible for the spread of infection through the neighboring 10-12 districts. An FIR has been filed against the owner and manager of the hospital under the Epidemic Act.

Similarly, two patients admitted in Lucknow’s Chandan hospital for dialysis turned out to be positive sending alarms bells across in the medical fraternity. Both the patients have been referred to SGPGI and the private hospital asked to stop admitting patients.

According to the principal secretary health, the doctors and paramedics in the private hospital would be trained in the elaborate Covid-19 protocol before they can be allowed to take in corona patients.

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