22 migrant labourers flee quarantine centre in Chhattisgarh
Raipur/ IBNS: At least 22 migrant labourers, who had returned from Telangana, ran away from a quarantine centre in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday, said a media report.
According to a report in HT, district magistrate of Dantewada district Topeshwar Singh said that the villagers were quarantined at a place 12 km away from their native village Nahadi, which is a Maoist-affected area.
“They reached Aranpur on Thursday and all of them were medically examined by the health team. Subsequently, they were kept in quarantine facility in a police station from where they escaped on Thursday night,” the Collector as quoted as saying by HT.
A total of 47 migrant labourers had come back from Telanga and they were isolated at a quarantine facility in Aranpur police station area before going to their homes, the report said.
None of the labourers have shown any symptoms of coronavirus infection, and the sarpanch and secretary of the concerned village panchayat have been informed about the incident, but the labourers have not reached their village yet, the Collector added, said the report.
"It is presently not possible for administration and police to reach Nahadi village because it is core area of Maoists,” said the Collector.
Till now, a total of 59 cases have been reported from Chhattigarh with 39 recoveries, but the Bastar subdivision including Bastar, Kanker, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Sukma and Bijapur have not had any cases so far.
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