The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief, Pritam Singh has suggested that the arrangement of quarantine for the returning migrants should be made at the base camps in the State.

 He said that the State Government should set up quarantine centres at district, Tehsil or block headquarters for migrants when the number of migrants in these base camps increase.  In a letter directed to the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the PCC chief said that large numbers of migrants stranded in different parts of the country are returning to their homes in the state. As per the guidelines of the Union Government, these migrants are needed to be quarantined compulsorily. He said that in view of the safety of the people of the rural areas, the State Government should make arrangement for their quarantine at the base camps itself.

Singh added that when the numbers of migrants increase beyond the capacity of these base camps, the migrants should be kept at district and block headquarters so that the disease is prevented from spreading to the villages.

He said that at present after the thermal scanning the returning migrants are sent directly to their villages and all the responsibility is laid over the village Pradhans.

He added that in view of huge number of returning migrants, the Pradhans bereft of resources are finding it very hard to manage things. In his letter to the CM, the PCC chief said that managing for upkeep, food, shelter and quarantine is too much a task for the Pradhans.