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Updated: May 9, 2020 3:34:17 pm
Since the closure was announced, Surat has witnessed several incidents of migrants taking to the streets and clashing with police as they demanded arrangements for their return trip to their home villages. (Express photo by Hanif Malik / File)
India Coronavirus updates: As India entered its 46th day of closure, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country approached the 60,000 mark, including 1,981 deaths. Although the number of active cases was 39,834, so far up to 17,846 people have been recovered. Maharashtra remains the most affected state with the highest number of cases (19,063) and deaths (731), and is followed by Gujarat (7,403 cases and 449 deaths). On the upside, Kerala registered no new cases for the third consecutive day on Friday, reducing the number of active cases in the state to 16.
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Meanwhile, India’s massive repatriation operation is underway, which will cause state airline Air India to operate unscheduled commercial flights until May 14 to transport around 15,000 Indian citizens from 12 countries in the first phase. Additionally, the Navy has dispatched two ships to Male to begin repatriation operations.
Here are the other major developments of the day.
Gujarat: Migrant workers clash with police in Surat
Hundreds of agitated migrant workers clashed with police in the village of Mora in the Surat district of Gujarat on Saturday, demanding a passage back to their home states, the PTI news agency reported, citing an official. More than 40 workers were detained after hundreds of them clashed with police and threw stones at police vehicles in the village of Mora, near the industrial city of Hazira.
The protesting workers demanded that the district administration organize their trip back to their home towns in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, among others, the official told PTI.
Since the closure was announced, Surat has witnessed several incidents of migrants taking to the streets and clashing with police as they demanded arrangements for their return trip to their home villages.
Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda described the avalanche of incidents in the state as a result of government failure.
गुजरात में श्रमिक अपने घर जाना चाहते हैं, सरकार 45 दिन के बाद भी कोई सही हल नहीं निकाल रही है, या तो उद्योगपति मित्रो के दबाव में जानबूझकर उनको नेाने दिया जाता, ताजत @Narendra Modi @vijayrupanibjp सरकार की नाकामी का परिणाम है https://t.co/wX89JtLCi3
– Amit Chavda (@AmitChavdaINC) May 9, 2020
“Migrant workers in Gujarat want to return to their homes. But the government has been unable to find any solution even after 45 days. They are not allowed to go home under pressure from industrial friends. Workers and police clash in many cities. This is the result of government failure, “Chavda tweeted, labeling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Vijay Rupani.
Bengal government does not allow trains with migrants to reach the state: Amit Shah
Union Interior Minister Amit Shah in a letter to West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee He has said that the state government is creating more difficulties for migrants by not allowing trains with migrant workers to reach the state. Shah said that not allowing trains to arrive in West Bengal is an “injustice” to the state’s migrant workers.
The interior minister said in the letter that the Center has facilitated more than two lakh migrant workers to reach their homes. (Proceedings)
Referring to the ‘Shramik Special’ trains run by the central government to facilitate the transportation of migrant workers from different parts of the country to various destinations, the interior minister said in the letter that the Center has provided more than two lakh migrant workers. to get home.
More than 360 Kashmiri students will return home from Bhopal on 18 buses
More than 360 Kashmiri students stranded in parts of Madhya Pradesh due to the closure will be sent back to their places of origin by 18 buses from Bhopal on Saturday, an official said. The buses will leave around 2 in the afternoon from a private school in the town of Gandhinagar where the students are currently housed.
Congressman Digvijaya Singh had recently written a letter to the Union’s Interior Minister, Amit Shah, requesting him to make the necessary arrangements for the nearly 400 Kashmiri students trapped in the state. He said that since Jammu and Kashmir are under the central rule, it is the duty of the Center to help people from that region stranded in different parts of the country.
Kerala to regulate the entrance of those in red zones
While thousands of red zone keralites in other parts of the country wait to enter the state, tThe state government has decided to regulate their entry. On Tuesday, the decision was made to make the 14-day institutional quarantine mandatory for those traveling from red-light districts, one day after the government allowed those people to enter.
Express photo of Vishal Srivastav
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters on Friday that 3,216 people who arrived from critical points on Thursday were transferred to institutional quarantine. “Others who arrived in Kerala from red zones before Thursday are being tracked and transferred to institutional quarantine,” he said.
Assam increases special tax on foreign Indian-made liquor by 25%
Assam’s government has decided to increase the excise tax on Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) by 25 percent, state Industry Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said after a cabinet meeting on Friday.
Other states, including Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Delhi, have raised liquor prices (Arul Horizon Express photo)
According to the minister of state, this measure will generate an additional income of Rs 1 billion rupees for the state to take care of the financial burden and expenses derived from the coronavirus crisis. Other states, including Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi, have already raised liquor prices to increase their incomes.
In a decision that will reduce India’s need for Covid-19 test kits, the Ministry of Health on a nightly charge on Friday, said mild and moderate cases do not need to be evaluated before discharge. Under the above policy, patients had to test negative twice before discharge.
For severe cases, patients will be discharged after negative by RT-PCR. (PTI / file)
“Mild / very mild / pre-symptomatic cases admitted to a Covid care center will undergo regular monitoring of temperature and pulse oximetry. The patient can be discharged after 10 days of symptom onset and no fever for 3 days. There will be no need for pre-discharge testing. At discharge, the patient will be advised to continue isolation at home for another 7 days according to guidelines … ” revised discharge policy on the website of the Ministry of Health.
5000 Indians stranded abroad will enter Haryana through special flights
Starting today, Haryana expects some 5,000 people to return from abroad through special Air India flights organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, upon arrival, they must comply with some mandatory instructions: download the Aarogya Setu app the moment they land, and a 14-day quarantine followed by a coronavirus test. They can return home only after quarantine, testing, and a certificate issued by the Health Department.
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“The first group of 67 people, 21 of whom are from Haryana and remaining from other states, landed in Delhi from Singapore at 12 noon. Another flight from Dhaka is expected to bring more people from Haryana on Saturday, “said Dr. Hanif Qureshi, a senior IPS official, who has been appointed as a nodal officer by the Haryana government.
More than 20,000 Indians stranded abroad to enter Punjab in the coming days.
More than 20,000 Indians stranded abroad are expected to arrive in Punjab in the next few days starting Saturday, for whom the state government is making “paid quarantine” arrangements for 14 days. One of those flights will land in New Delhi on Saturday from Dhaka with seven Punjabi on board. On May 11, another flight will arrive from Dhaka with 11 more Punjabi, while 56 Punjabi will come from the United States on May 19 through New Delhi.
More flights are expected to arrive and take off from the country today (Twitter / Archive)
If a passenger chooses to stay in a government quarantine center, they will not be charged. Meanwhile, the hotel industry is preparing to offer its buildings as quarantine centers, otherwise the hotels are vacant and suffering losses.
More than 1.09 migrant workers from Bihar and UP applied on a Haryana government website to come to the state, as migrants across the country are heading home. 79.29% have requested to come to districts with maximum industrial activities and commercial establishments including Gurgaon, Faridabad, Panipat, Sonipat, Jhajjar, Yamunanagar and Rewari. Just over 50,000 of them want to come to the Gurgaon district.
Authorities believe the state’s low numbers of coronaviruses are another factor in workers seeking to return. As of Friday, Haryana had 647 positive cases, including 14 Italian citizens and eight deaths. Of the 647 cases, 279 have been recovered.
Similary, 222 workers, mostly from the Khagaria district of Bihar, opted for the reverse trip while boarding a special train to Telangana Thursday.
Alarm on migrant workers when Odisha sees a peak
As the Supreme Court suspended an interim order from the Orissa Superior Court on Friday asking the state government to ensure that migrants seeking to return “should (have) been negative” for Covid-19, concerns are increasing in the state about cases related to returning workers.
Ganjam district, which had two cases on May 2, has 47 now, all linked to migrant workers from the Surat hotspot in Gujarat. In the previous orange zone, Ganjam is now third in Odisha in number of cases, after Jajpur (55) and Khurda (50).
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Other Odisha districts have also reported cases of workers returning from Surat with positive results: Bhadrak (3), Kendrapora (5), Balasore (2), Mayubhanj (4) and Jagatsinghpur (4).
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