Cabinet Minister and Government spokesman Madan Kaushik said that the state government would approach Uttarakhand High Court and submit that in view of the huge load of the returning migrants, the Uttarakhand Government is not in a position to institutionally quarantine all the returning migrants at the borders of the state.
The HC on Wednesday had directed the state government to institutionally quarantine all the migrants who are returning from areas under the red zone for Covid- 19 at the borders of the State. Kaushik said that the State cabinet after assessing the situation decided that it is not possible to quarantine all returnees on the border as their number is very high. He said that an estimated five lakh people are expected to return to the state in next few days. The Minister made it clear that the State Government is following the guidelines of the union Government in respect of migrants.
